#packaging | Unreal Source | Page 50

inner island Sep 23, 2021, 11:04 AM

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Actually it's a dropbox question - I sync my builds to their, but I won't have time this morning to sync 30 GB worth of stuff, just because I forgot to do a simple bool check at the very first function

mellow bane Sep 23, 2021, 11:05 AM

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Then it's a Dropbox question - depends on how Dropbox is implemented internally.

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Using Steam the upload would be small

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Depends if BP or C++

inner island Sep 23, 2021, 11:05 AM

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First time really messing with savegame objects, I had originally had it in there but forgot to copy it back over, which was the stupid "DOES SAVE GAME EXIST" - I'd been debugging in the editor, where the savegame did exist, and forgot to add the check and create savegame at my beginplay - whoops - so I'd just get a black screen

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it was blueprint but I am assuming that the packager will overwrite all the files (even if it doesn't take long) and windows will see them as different - because that blueprint, even if it has a small change, is going to be included into PAK1 or whatever, and that will be seen as new

mellow bane Sep 23, 2021, 11:07 AM

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Windows does not have a concept of "different"

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It's just a file, it has data, a size and modification date

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It doesn't do version control

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Dropbox does

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You're asking how Dropbox detects file changes and whether it uploads diffs or full files

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And personally I don't know that

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If you're looking for an Unreal solution to your Dropbox problem, you can generate a patch, provided you previously generated your build as a named release

inner island Sep 23, 2021, 11:09 AM

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mellow bane If you're looking for an Unreal solution to your Dropbox problem, you can genera...

I will have to learn the patching process soon, yes

mellow bane Sep 23, 2021, 11:09 AM

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You don't really

inner island Sep 23, 2021, 11:09 AM

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Well, the damn thing is still named MyProject.exe

mellow bane Sep 23, 2021, 11:10 AM

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The patch system is pointless on PC and mobile at least

inner island Sep 23, 2021, 11:10 AM

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Why?

mellow bane Sep 23, 2021, 11:10 AM

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Because all modern distribution systems do a better job at it than Unreal

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Because it's ultimately their job

inner island Sep 23, 2021, 11:11 AM

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Oh, this is a special project, it won't be distributed on ANY platform, this is sold to Fire Depts

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Onboarding is literally shipping a preloaded PC to them

mellow bane Sep 23, 2021, 11:12 AM

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If you have updates, you'll have an updater

inner island Sep 23, 2021, 11:21 AM

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mellow bane You're asking how Dropbox detects file changes and whether it uploads diffs or f...

Yeah, as I expected, it's uploading the entire PAK (because it IS a different file technically)

mellow bane Sep 23, 2021, 11:22 AM

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Just because it is different doesn't mean it needs to upload it entirely

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Like I said, no modern platform does that

blazing acorn Sep 23, 2021, 11:47 AM

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Thanks for answering man! I looked in here yesterday (before you gave that answer) and didn't find any .pdb files

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@mellow bane

mellow bane Sep 23, 2021, 11:48 AM

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blazing acorn Thanks for answering man! I looked in here yesterday (before you gave that answe...

The PDB would be next to your packaged game executable (gamename/binaries/platform in your package)

blazing acorn Sep 23, 2021, 11:49 AM

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Once again, thanks for answering, this is sort of time sensitive so if I could have someone guide me through, it would mean a lot haha

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mellow bane Sep 23, 2021, 11:52 AM

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Now you just need to get the minidump file in the crash folder, and do File -> Open -> that file in Visual Studio

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If prompted for symbols enter the folder that has the PDB

blazing acorn Sep 23, 2021, 11:52 AM

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mellow bane Sep 23, 2021, 11:52 AM

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Open the minidump, not the PDB

blazing acorn Sep 23, 2021, 11:52 AM

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I might have did that wrong ahaha. I'll try again the way you mentioned

mellow bane Sep 23, 2021, 11:53 AM

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If the PDB matches exactly the executable that produced the crash, you will be able to debug the game by clicking "debug with native only"

blazing acorn Sep 23, 2021, 11:54 AM

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OKay just so you know, I'm a blueprint guy. 3D animator/modeler, so I'm not hardcore advanced with these terms and using visual studio haha. So you might have to dumb it down for me a bit haha

mellow bane Sep 23, 2021, 11:55 AM

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Well, start by opening the minidump, pick the PDB folder if prompted to, and pick "debug with native only"

blazing acorn Sep 23, 2021, 11:55 AM

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Let's start with the term minidump.

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lol

mellow bane Sep 23, 2021, 11:55 AM

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.dmp file in the crash folder

blazing acorn Sep 23, 2021, 11:55 AM

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How would one open a "minidump"

mellow bane Sep 23, 2021, 11:56 AM

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Open -> File

blazing acorn Sep 23, 2021, 11:56 AM

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https://tenor.com/view/star-trek-patrick-stewart-captain-jean-luc-picard-face-palm-disappointed-gif-4780258

Tenor

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You must be like this with me right now haha

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If I did it right (which I doubt) this is the result of open > file > select the .pdb file

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I didn't have any option to "debug with native only" either @mellow bane

mellow bane Sep 23, 2021, 12:08 PM

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Open the minidump

blazing acorn Sep 23, 2021, 12:08 PM

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I think my issue is I didn't do this in the project

mellow bane Sep 23, 2021, 12:08 PM

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not the PDB

blazing acorn Sep 23, 2021, 12:12 PM

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I need to find a video on this or something. Or a clear walkthrough. Any keywords or tips?

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I just changed it now, so hope that might help for future debuging

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Side note, I should probably not release a debug build to the wild right? Or should I?

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I just need to learn how to properly debug a packaged game once folks start having issues like fatal errors and no audio. I feel useless right now haha

mellow bane Sep 23, 2021, 12:25 PM

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blazing acorn I need to find a video on this or something. Or a clear walkthrough. Any keyword...

Get those crash report folders from your clients (UECC-Windows-xxx folders like you showed earlier)
These contain a minidump file (.dmp or something ?)
Open VS, do File -> Open -> File
Pick that minidump file
You should have a "debug with native only" button, clcik it
If prompted for "symbols", you can input the path of the PDB file for that release

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And no, you do not need a debug build

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This is the proper way

blazing acorn Sep 23, 2021, 12:26 PM

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I think back, when making a game, we focus on making the story, assets, anims, programming and get to a point where it looks and feels good. Plays well and tests well. So we release it. I didn't learn the proper techniques to handle the debugging and the "after its out the door" process of game development, which is VERY important haha. Not to many video tutorials covering that portion of the journey haha

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OKay, I'll give that a shot

mellow bane Sep 23, 2021, 12:28 PM

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When you get there you will have a bunch of panels with notably a Call Stack, if not available it'll be under Debugging -> Windows

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Call stack is the most important information

blazing acorn Sep 23, 2021, 12:28 PM

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The crash reports are in the local app data?

mellow bane Sep 23, 2021, 12:30 PM

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Yeah, %LOCALAPPDATA%/gameName/crashes on your client's machine

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Have to get those from them first of course

blazing acorn Sep 23, 2021, 12:31 PM

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So I'm testing this debug on my machine first. I have a packaged build to practice on

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All that's in it is a .ini file. And there's not much in there either

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mellow bane Sep 23, 2021, 12:32 PM

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No dump, so nothing t odebug

blazing acorn Sep 23, 2021, 12:32 PM

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Indeed

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Then again, when I play on my PC, it works fine. Would that .dmp file be on a pc that had a Fatal Error or No audio?

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Mainly the fatal error

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So, does the error create a .dmp file?

mellow bane Sep 23, 2021, 12:33 PM

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Crashes, yes

blazing acorn Sep 23, 2021, 12:33 PM

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Okay, well that's a start

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I just need to get my hands on the clients crashed .dmp file

mellow bane Sep 23, 2021, 12:35 PM

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That was step 1 on my list

blazing acorn Sep 23, 2021, 12:40 PM

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Indeed it is. I'm the type of learner who needs to know 3 things about 1 thing it seems. I needed to find out what the .dmp file is, how it forms and why I don't have it in my folder but someone else might

blazing acorn Sep 23, 2021, 1:16 PM

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@mellow bane Thanks for pointing me in the right direction! I screenshot your directions. I just need to get my hands on the dmp file

rocky river Sep 23, 2021, 2:21 PM

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When you are making a new build of your game do you just like overwrite the previous build, I had a version packaged already but I didnt know if it was safe to just overwrite the old one or just have two

mellow bane Sep 23, 2021, 2:26 PM

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rocky river When you are making a new build of your game do you just like overwrite the prev...

The output folder will be wiped and rewritten

rocky river Sep 23, 2021, 2:26 PM

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Well sweet, that solves that

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thanks!

desert garden Sep 23, 2021, 3:43 PM

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Hi guys, my builds from project launchers are usually 25 gb. I'm trying to do a build with only few levels, like a demo. I've changed the levels to cook in the Project Launcher but my build are still 25 gb, even with less than half levels. Any advice?

winged moss Sep 23, 2021, 4:36 PM

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did you use the tools to see your asset file sizes? did you disable plugins you don't use?

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the asset audit tool that is

mellow bane Sep 23, 2021, 5:40 PM

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desert garden Hi guys, my builds from project launchers are usually 25 gb. I'm trying to do a ...

Did you fill the list of maps to package ? Most important packaging setting

winged moss Sep 23, 2021, 5:42 PM

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uh is the default behaviour to cook them all?

desert garden Sep 23, 2021, 6:16 PM

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mellow bane Did you fill the list of maps to package ? Most important packaging setting

mmm yeah

past prawn Sep 23, 2021, 10:58 PM

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This may relate more to #automation but... I'm looking to identify what assets have been cooked, so I can add them to a Collection (the Content Browser feature). Anyone have experience programmatically identifying what has been cooked?

indigo vapor Sep 24, 2021, 10:31 AM

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Im confused on how you upload to itchio and have it play in browser. All of the options for play in browser arent in the unreal packaging options. Any help would be appreciated

mellow bane Sep 24, 2021, 10:32 AM

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indigo vapor Im confused on how you upload to itchio and have it play in browser. All of the ...

There is no support for that in Unreal today

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There used to be an HTML5 export, but it was removed years ago

indigo vapor Sep 24, 2021, 10:37 AM

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yeah i saw that, I dont understand why it was removed : (

mellow bane Sep 24, 2021, 10:38 AM

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Because it was impossible for Epic to maintain, and no one used it

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Most Unreal games are like 500MB bare minimum, and the actual optimized minimum is like 100MB

indigo vapor Sep 24, 2021, 10:39 AM

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oh right

mellow bane Sep 24, 2021, 10:39 AM

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Also there's Pixel Streaming for "serious" applications (dedicated servers running Unreal and streaming the video, $$$)

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itch.io was pretty much the only reason you'd do HTML5 and itch.io is mostly a game jam repository

indigo vapor Sep 24, 2021, 10:41 AM

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fair enough thanks for explaining

boreal sedge Sep 24, 2021, 11:57 AM

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I am trying to package my game but it keep failing and I get this log

📎 Log.txt

drifting thunder Sep 24, 2021, 12:25 PM

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My Android package include references to "... an unsupported version of Play billing". I am not using billing, but can see <uses-permission android:name="com.android.vending.BILLING" /> in the manifest, but cannot figure out where this comes from. My log shows "GoogleGameSDK Android init". Could that be related?

lethal pelican Sep 24, 2021, 12:58 PM

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drifting thunder My Android package include references to "... an unsupported version of Play bil...

If you're not using the permission it should be as simple as adding this to your android UPL file

<androidManifestUpdates>
    <removePermission android:name="com.android.vending.BILLING" />
</androidManifestUpdates>

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Other than that I'd look through the GoogleGameSDK UPL and update the snippet (From whatever version to 3.0.0) should possibly also remove the issue

<buildGradleAdditions>
    <insert>
      dependencies { 
      implementation 'com.android.billingclient:billing:3.0.0'
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    </insert>
  </buildGradleAdditions>

drifting thunder Sep 24, 2021, 1:10 PM

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Thanks. So it comes from the GoogleGameSDK? Which is what exactly?

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<removePermission android:name="com.android.vending.BILLING" /> did the trick. (Play Console stopped complaining). Thanks a bunch!

lethal pelican Sep 24, 2021, 1:32 PM

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drifting thunder <removePermission android:name="com.android.vending.BILLING" /> did the trick. (...

No problem, glad it helped!

bronze crystal Sep 24, 2021, 3:00 PM

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hey how can i cooked and pub it for App Store?

drifting thunder Sep 24, 2021, 4:55 PM

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Did my mac just corrupt all the .a files in the Engine? I am suddenly getting a ton of warnings like "!dbg attachment points at wrong subprogram for function" and the packager hangs after ignoring invalid debug info in Engine/Source/ThirdParty/libOpus/opus-1.1//IOS/libOpus.a(VAD.o)

final mauve Sep 24, 2021, 6:34 PM

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Hi all, has anyone ever encountered an error similar to this, or has seen this before?

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It happens when I try to spawn an emitter that uses a shader which animates a spritesheet

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although I dont think thats really the reason its breaking, it just happens there

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kind of at a loss about how to troubleshoot it, I'm hoping someone here can point me in the right direction

gilded yew Sep 24, 2021, 9:54 PM

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where can i get these?

gilded yew Sep 24, 2021, 10:09 PM

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ok ive had to reinstall windows to a new drive, i've still got my old copy of vs and all of its extras can i still access those?

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@open rapids do u know?

rancid hazel Sep 25, 2021, 7:24 PM

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I want to add my mobile game Chunk Downloader. I did everything, I've .pak files. But I can't find the BuildManifest-Android.txt location. How can I find the location of this?

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The manuel location of BuildManifest-Windows.txt is D:\ChunkExample\WindowsNoEditor\ChunkCore_Example\Content\Paks\

surreal kayak Sep 25, 2021, 9:22 PM

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Hi all, anyone know the fix to the "LogPlayLevel: Error: ERROR: cmd.exe failed with args /c "F:\Projects\VR PRojects\Test\VR_Test_Area\Intermediate\Android\armv7\gradle\rungradle.bat" :app:assembleDebug" error? I've been looking into it, but just can't find a fix that works for me :)

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Just trying to get the unreal engine VR experience to build to my headset, but it's just not having it haha

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Trying to build to a quest 2

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Hey, I know you posted this a while back, but I've come here looking for a solution to this. Did you manage to fix it? :)

swift adder Sep 26, 2021, 9:27 AM

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Hello guys i have been trying to create a test build but i am getting an error when packaging the game for Development. I get this error ERROR: Missing precompiled manifest for 'HoudiniNiagara'. This module was most likely not flagged for being included in a precompiled build - set 'PrecompileForTargets = PrecompileTargetsType.Any;. Does anyone knows a solution to this problem?

winged moss Sep 26, 2021, 6:06 PM

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a plugin not from marketplace that you installed to a Engine plugins directory?

burnt remnant Sep 27, 2021, 7:37 PM

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is there any special trick to getting an http chunked build to work? I have PALs defined and the settings are turned on. Is there anything that has to be switched off in order for it to work?

narrow pewter Sep 28, 2021, 2:52 PM

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ld.lld: error: unable to find library im getting this error when im trying to package the game

sleek stone Sep 28, 2021, 3:09 PM

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Hello,

I've being working on an archivz app for a few weeks now, there was a few times that I package the app with no issues, yesterday I packaged successfully the app and tested but it crashes at some points, today I tested in the editor with the ASTC mode enabled and it didn't crashed, I packaged the app and tried to test on the device, but it won't load, it is stuck on the 3 dots. I tried to packaged as ESC2 but it happens the same.

Can somebody points me on what else should I try? or what is happening?

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I am on version 4.26 and Quest 2

indigo cloud Sep 28, 2021, 3:24 PM

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When trying to package for iOS I'm getting " Error: error: The Legacy Build System will be removed in a future release. You can configure the selected build system and this deprecation message in File > Workspace Settings." I'm remote building trough windows to mac with Xcode 13.0. I have tried changing the build options to both legacy and new in Xcode but im still receving the same error, has anyone ever seen this before?

lethal pelican Sep 28, 2021, 6:24 PM

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indigo cloud When trying to package for iOS I'm getting " Error: error: The Legacy Build ...

https://github.com/EpicGames/UnrealEngine/commit/ed97f0f865b7dce3c43bb15c2d7f86974eaafd75#diff-5500d8adc6dfd0a11b521a170abfd0a1180e93b29423403ee0ac5bbcd634e63e
You have to make that change if you're on a UE version pre 4.27 I believe

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The one at the bottom, in XCodeProjectFileGenerator.cs

indigo cloud Sep 28, 2021, 6:26 PM

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lethal pelican https://github.com/EpicGames/UnrealEngine/commit/ed97f0f865b7dce3c43bb15c2d7f869...

The link is returning a 404 for me

lethal pelican Sep 28, 2021, 6:26 PM

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Have to sign in to github and link epic games

winged moss Sep 28, 2021, 6:26 PM

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you need to be logged into a github account that is linked to your epic account

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and you would need to be on a source build for that change anyway

indigo cloud Sep 28, 2021, 6:27 PM

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Im on 4.26

lethal pelican Sep 28, 2021, 6:27 PM

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^ That is true. Would be an engine upgrade or source build, those are the options

indigo cloud Sep 28, 2021, 6:28 PM

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lethal pelican ^ That is true. Would be an engine upgrade or source build, those are the option...

Can you explain what being on a source build means? My project is on 4.26

lethal pelican Sep 28, 2021, 6:28 PM

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https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.27/en-US/ProductionPipelines/DevelopmentSetup/BuildingUnrealEngine/

Building Unreal Engine from Source

Compiling Unreal Engine from source.

winged moss Sep 28, 2021, 6:28 PM

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downloading the source code and building it (via github, or perforce if you're a custom licensee)

indigo cloud Sep 28, 2021, 6:34 PM

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lethal pelican https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.27/en-US/ProductionPipelines/DevelopmentSetup/Bu...

I see, thank you for the help, but this seems far from what im able to do right now considering im pretty new, but atleast I understand what the error is now

indigo cloud Sep 28, 2021, 7:00 PM

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lethal pelican ^ That is true. Would be an engine upgrade or source build, those are the option...

After reading up on source builds, in my case since ive only worked in 4.26, which one of the options do you think would be better, building 4.26 from source and adding the xcode 13.0 fix or upgrading the project to release(4.27)?

lethal pelican Sep 28, 2021, 7:04 PM

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I would upgrade personally. I heard there was something in 4.26 that increased packaged sizes for mobile.
But I'm on 4.25 so I wouldn't take my word for it

indigo cloud Sep 28, 2021, 7:08 PM

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lethal pelican I would upgrade personally. I heard there was something in 4.26 that increased p...

I understand, and in that case I would still want to build from source code in order to accomodate the xcode 13.0 and potential future problems or would I just want to go trough the epic games launcher as I have up until now?

lethal pelican Sep 28, 2021, 7:10 PM

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I'm not sure what your level of experience is with UE4/Programming etc etc, so I can only suggest upgrading to 4.27

indigo cloud Sep 28, 2021, 7:11 PM

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Got it, thanks again

lethal pelican Sep 28, 2021, 7:12 PM

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No problems, good luck with your project!

indigo cloud Sep 28, 2021, 7:17 PM

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Thanks!

narrow pewter Sep 29, 2021, 6:04 AM

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how do i fix this error?

winged moss Sep 29, 2021, 7:23 AM

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Doesn’t help knowing nothing about your project or what the nakama library is

narrow pewter Sep 29, 2021, 7:36 AM

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winged moss Doesn’t help knowing nothing about your project or what the nakama library is

its a plugin for online subsystem, i tried building the project for android and it shows this

spring spear Sep 29, 2021, 10:49 AM

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there's an option to include certain directories in builds as-is; does anyone know if it's possible to include different directories depending on build type (debug, shipping, etc)?

winged moss Sep 29, 2021, 3:19 PM

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narrow pewter its a plugin for online subsystem, i tried building the project for android and ...

Yeah and it links against a static library called nakama-cpp that you either don’t have or need to build

leaden dune Sep 29, 2021, 6:00 PM

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anyone knows how to fix this issue? im remote building

leaden dune Sep 29, 2021, 10:51 PM

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turns out i just had to install the proper certificate

timid wyvern Sep 30, 2021, 8:38 AM

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Hi. Good morning all,

I am having problem Packaging Windows/Linux Dedicated server on EU5, It is Packaging the Game only.
Is it a known Issue?

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proper void Sep 30, 2021, 9:41 AM

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hey there all!

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I have uploaded an app made with ue4.26, on the play store, but when I download this app from the play store I am getting the following errors.

when I download it from the play store and open it first time

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Screenshot_2021-09-30-14-49-45-841_com.OCEANGAMES.ARFurniture.jpg

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when I close it and open it again, I am getting

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Screenshot_2021-09-30-14-50-44-097_com.OCEANGAMES.ARFurniture.jpg

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and then an endless splash screen.

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Screenshot_2021-09-30-14-50-50-897_com.OCEANGAMES.ARFurniture.jpg

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I have checked the Android/obb folder there is folder for my app but no obb file

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so my guess is there My App doesn't contain obb when download from play store.

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does anyone know how to fix this?

timid wyvern Sep 30, 2021, 9:57 AM

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Did you generate as AAB and added the obb inside?

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I think you will need to pay

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https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.27/en-US/SharingAndReleasing/Mobile/Android/Distribution/GooglePlayAssetDeliveryReference/

Google Play Asset Delivery Reference

API reference and implementation guidelines for the Google PAD API

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@proper void maybe it is free I never did it

proper void Sep 30, 2021, 10:22 AM

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timid wyvern

Thanks for the help I am looking into it

dark raptor Sep 30, 2021, 10:50 AM

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Hey all, does anyone know how to override which GameEngine.ini config to use when packaging? I need to package with different settings for EGS and Steam ( so both Windows )

timid wyvern Sep 30, 2021, 11:13 AM

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you can change your UAT.bat and put a build param to identify (guessing)

noble igloo Sep 30, 2021, 11:29 AM

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Hey Guys, when Packaging I get the following error: Unable to instantiate module 'UnrealEd': Unable to instantiate UnrealEd module for non-editor targets. UnrealEd and UMGEditor are marked as dependencies in my .uproject file. An old forum entry suggested that this error occurs when you have Factory code in your project. But I have no Factory code. The log says the following: BuildException: Unable to instantiate UnrealEd module for non-editor targets at UnrealEd..ctor(ReadOnlyTargetRules Target) in x:\UE_4.27\Engine\Source\Editor\UnrealEd\UnrealEd.Build.cs:Line 12.Wrapped by TargetInvocationException: [...] .Has anyone had the same issue and knows how to fix this?

lament sparrow Sep 30, 2021, 1:35 PM

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Can I somehow launch a cooked build (using launch menu) with a map from developer folder?

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I need it to test on target device, but I don't want to put that stuff outside developer folder

timid wyvern Sep 30, 2021, 1:45 PM

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about my issue just fixed using this command to build instead:
G:/UnrealEngine5/Engine/Build/BatchFiles/RunUAT.bat -ScriptsForProject=G:/MyProject.uproject BuildCookRun -project=G:/MyPorject.uproject -noP4 -clientconfig=Development -serverconfig=Development -nocompileeditor -ue4exe=G:\UnrealEngine5\Engine\Binaries\Win64\UnrealEditor-Cmd.exe -utf8output -server -serverplatform=Linux -noclient -build -cook -map= -unversionedcookedcontent -compressed -stage

tepid cove Sep 30, 2021, 3:55 PM

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Using Visual Studio 2019 Development Editor solution configuration I am having trouble building <mygame>Editor.Build.cs. I can successfully build <mygame>.Build.cs with the Shipping solution configuration though. By chance can anyone help me with this setup?

light plover Sep 30, 2021, 4:21 PM

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I'm trying to package and I get this error. Can any body help?

mellow bane Sep 30, 2021, 5:17 PM

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light plover

Can't package games with Datasmith enabled

torpid pilot Oct 2, 2021, 6:46 PM

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Can anyone give insight into what this (LogAnalytics: Warning: EventCache either took too long to flush (2.314 ms) or had a very large payload) means?

runic stump Oct 2, 2021, 7:31 PM

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torpid pilot Can anyone give insight into what this (LogAnalytics: Warning: EventCache either...

Editor collects telemetry about its usage and sends it to Epics. The warning complains that your computer is too slow to collect those amounts of data that Epics want. Luckily, you can just disable the whole telemetry thing in editor preferences.

torpid pilot Oct 2, 2021, 7:34 PM

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runic stump Editor collects telemetry about its usage and sends it to Epics. The warning com...

Amazing, thank you!

gusty panther Oct 4, 2021, 8:41 AM

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proper void

Pretty sure it's because you are including content which is required during runtime

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That's why you ar ehaving obb related issue during app start

torpid pilot Oct 4, 2021, 9:35 AM

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Can any help walk me through the SteamCMD process for uploading my UE4 game to my steam store page? The official tutorials are super out dated :(

dark raptor Oct 4, 2021, 10:25 AM

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I think it's easier if you ask questions about specific issues you're stumbling on

amber lake Oct 4, 2021, 12:03 PM

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Hello sorry for interruption
I’m having a package 📦 error

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torpid pilot Oct 4, 2021, 5:13 PM

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dark raptor I think it's easier if you ask questions about specific issues you're stumbling ...

Well I'm just not entirely clear on how the depot system works, I have gone through the GUI to upload my files but It does not appear in my Builds anywhere. this whole process is very confusing to me 😢

tawdry goblet Oct 5, 2021, 10:48 AM

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my main menu bar is missing so I cant package my game. how can i add it back?

near torrent Oct 5, 2021, 12:47 PM

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Is there a setting to allow packaging to create individual pak files per asset?

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instead of having a single large one?

mellow bane Oct 5, 2021, 1:02 PM

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near torrent Is there a setting to allow packaging to create individual pak files per asset?

There isn't, pak files are just assets put togetger, disable paks and you have essentially what you asked for

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Though the result would likely have decreased loading time performance

near torrent Oct 5, 2021, 1:03 PM

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we have a few assets that are very large, so it's around 70GB for those assets.

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So we don't want to load them up immediately.

mellow bane Oct 5, 2021, 1:04 PM

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near torrent So we don't want to load them up immediately.

That has nothing to do with the packaging method

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Paks aren't loaded into memory

near torrent Oct 5, 2021, 1:05 PM

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Understood, the system is actually loading the entire assets at runtime when the application launches.

mellow bane Oct 5, 2021, 1:05 PM

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That's a C++ error on your end - you should be using soft pointers for those heavy assets

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The packaging is irrelevant

prime shale Oct 5, 2021, 1:16 PM

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Maps doesnt show up in project launcher any idea why ?

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nevermind

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I forgot to set the project

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it keeps resetting sometimes

amber lake Oct 5, 2021, 4:16 PM

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Hello guys
I have an issue with packaging

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Then found a reddit answer to this issue, right here:

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It seems like the person on reddit solved it, although I’m trying to follow his solution steps but i couldn’t tell what should i change with my notepad coding:

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Any ideas are really appreciated, I’m beginner btw thank you so much 🙏🏻

runic stump Oct 5, 2021, 9:15 PM

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amber lake

http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

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I dunno, there's some kind of blur or some other weird compression artifact. That build log is just plain unreadable on my monitor.

placid torrent Oct 5, 2021, 9:18 PM

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hey, simple question, whenever i package a build of my game, if i use the esc key or tab key, it freezes. any idea what that's all about?

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fixed it, i was detecting if there was a gamepad key press while i was testing it for PC, my bad

inner island Oct 6, 2021, 1:12 AM

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I've never done patches before - is there any disadvantage towards doing so, other than it's obviously entirely incomplete and needs the previous full packaged build to function correctly?

winged moss Oct 6, 2021, 4:44 AM

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from UFE?

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unrealfrontend

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but judging by the ?, that means no

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I think we just build it using the buildcookrun commandline

open rapids Oct 6, 2021, 12:36 PM

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Hey, I'm struggling with this package build for some day lately. What can cause this?

mellow bane Oct 6, 2021, 12:37 PM

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Are you deleting and reposting this question every 10 minutes or is it just me ?

forest spire Oct 6, 2021, 12:42 PM

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Hi, does anyone know why my arc viz game is not packaging please

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mellow bane Oct 6, 2021, 12:44 PM

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forest spire Hi, does anyone know why my arc viz game is not packaging please

UEAnimaLoader doesn't seem to support game packaging

forest spire Oct 6, 2021, 12:56 PM

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hmm ok thanks. so removing the models shall allow exporting?

forest spire Oct 6, 2021, 12:56 PM

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mellow bane UEAnimaLoader doesn't seem to support game packaging

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spice arch Oct 6, 2021, 12:57 PM

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Hi every one can any one plese answer this
Google Play Services for leaderboards, ' Add the Play Games Services SDK to your production APK to use the APIs'in Google Play Console?
https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/1018774/google-play-services-for-leaderboards-add-the-play.html#comment-1018774-form

mellow bane Oct 6, 2021, 12:58 PM

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forest spire hmm ok thanks. so removing the models shall allow exporting?

Disabling the plugin i guess

forest spire Oct 7, 2021, 9:38 AM

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mellow bane Disabling the plugin i guess

i removed the items from the level and removed the plugin but still saying this

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mellow bane Oct 7, 2021, 9:40 AM

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Plugin's still there

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Make sure to remove it from the .uproject

forest spire Oct 7, 2021, 9:40 AM

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mellow bane Oct 7, 2021, 9:41 AM

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Edit the .uproject as a text file

forest spire Oct 7, 2021, 9:41 AM

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from were?

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do i edit uproject

mellow bane Oct 7, 2021, 9:41 AM

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Open notepad or whatever and open the .uproject file to check for references to the plugin

forest spire Oct 7, 2021, 9:43 AM

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u mean i look were the path is in the folder?

mellow bane Oct 7, 2021, 9:44 AM

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Sorry, I cannot explain more clearly

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Just open your .uproject file with a text editor

forest spire Oct 7, 2021, 9:45 AM

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mellow bane Just open your .uproject file with a text editor

yes they are false

mellow bane Oct 7, 2021, 9:46 AM

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Then maybe another one depends on it, like TwinMotion, idk

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And of course your Anima content now breaks

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Looks like this plugin is not designed for game use

forest spire Oct 7, 2021, 9:48 AM

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ye but im not understanding what its reading because i have nothing in game from anima anymore

mellow bane Oct 7, 2021, 9:48 AM

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Alternatively, you can try editijng the .uplugin file for anima plugins to replace Developer with DeveloperTool

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Yeah, you do

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All the "failed to load" warnigns in yellow have the path for a broken Anima asset

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forest spire Oct 7, 2021, 9:52 AM

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mellow bane All the "failed to load" warnigns in yellow have the path for a broken Anima ass...

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its mentioning choas solver plugin

mellow bane Oct 7, 2021, 9:53 AM

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The error :

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The problem :

forest spire Oct 7, 2021, 9:53 AM

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why is it asking for the file if i removed it

mellow bane Oct 7, 2021, 9:53 AM

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You did not remove it

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Read carefully the yellow line

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This asset exists and depends on your removed plugin

forest spire Oct 7, 2021, 9:55 AM

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but its not here anymore

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that axyz its saying

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was in content

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but i had removed back when you said it doesnt let anima export

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mellow bane Oct 7, 2021, 9:57 AM

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Then you should not have this error when packaging, no idea why

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Restart the editor I guess

forest spire Oct 7, 2021, 10:04 AM

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mellow bane Then you should not have this error when packaging, no idea why

all, the erros are removed when i restarted but it still says unknown error

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📎 error.txt

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📎 UBT-SGM_Real_Time_Interactive_Visualisation-Win64-Shipping.txt

forest spire Oct 7, 2021, 10:12 AM

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mellow bane Then you should not have this error when packaging, no idea why

do you spot the issue?

mellow bane Oct 7, 2021, 11:03 AM

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forest spire do you spot the issue?

Read the log

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error C2338: Visual Studio 2017 versions 15.7 and 15.8 are known to have code generation bugs that affect UE4. Please update to version 15.9.

forest spire Oct 7, 2021, 11:28 AM

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mellow bane Read the log

how do i update it

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i downloaded the latest but not sure how to see if its up to date in unreal

forest spire Oct 7, 2021, 11:50 AM

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can anyone tell me why its not letting me build. the only red thing in the list is this

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here is the entire log.

📎 error.txt

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im begging anyone please

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i cant fix it

mellow bane Oct 7, 2021, 12:02 PM

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Just read the log

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Update Visual Studio on your computer

forest spire Oct 7, 2021, 12:04 PM

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i installed visual studio code

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mellow bane Oct 7, 2021, 12:13 PM

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Should work now

forest spire Oct 7, 2021, 12:17 PM

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im so done witht his shi*

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mellow bane Oct 7, 2021, 12:18 PM

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Those should be simple - you have assets referencing content that you removed

forest spire Oct 7, 2021, 12:18 PM

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yes but if i removed

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should it not look for them at all?

mellow bane Oct 7, 2021, 12:19 PM

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When removing assets in the editor, the editor prompts you to save the assets that previously used them, in order to cleanly remove references

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You didn't do it, at some point, resulting in assets pointing to deleted content

forest spire Oct 7, 2021, 12:19 PM

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how can i clean it up? cause its still not exporting

mellow bane Oct 7, 2021, 12:19 PM

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The fix should simply be to re-save all affected assets

forest spire Oct 7, 2021, 12:20 PM

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so file save all?

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or each indepented asset

mellow bane Oct 7, 2021, 12:21 PM

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Should be a right click - Resave all on directories in the content browser tree widget

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But yeah, you should probably check your assets too

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Packaging broken assets isn't good practice

forest spire Oct 7, 2021, 12:30 PM

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mellow bane Packaging broken assets isn't good practice

what about a file i delete before

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would it still resave that its not there anymorte?

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because its still ssaying it cant find this file

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i resave all in the content file so it should have resaved everything that was changed

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idk why it is still asking for that file

forest spire Oct 7, 2021, 12:56 PM

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UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (64-bit)): ERROR: Failed to copy C:\Users\Luke Sheldon\Documents\Unreal Projects\SGM_Real_Time_Interactive_Visualisation\Saved\StagedBuilds\WindowsNoEditor\SGM_Real_Time_Interactive_Visualisation\Content\Paks\SGM_Real_Time_Interactive_Visualisation-WindowsNoEditor.pak to C:\Users\Luke Sheldon\Desktop\Luke\Real Time Interactive V
isualisation\TEST EXPORT\WindowsNoEditor\SGM_Real_Time_Interactive_Visualisation\Content\Paks\SGM_Real_Time_Interactive_Visualisation-WindowsNoEditor.pak

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anyone know what this means?

mellow bane Oct 7, 2021, 1:03 PM

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forest spire what about a file i delete before

You can only remove files from the editor, and you should save as the editor prompts you

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If you didn't do that, it's too late to do it cleanly and you can only resave the assets that have been broken

ivory barn Oct 7, 2021, 2:08 PM

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hey i am getting an error in which when i click on package for my androdi game it open a new window of unreal engine documentation in which it syas page not found or that content has been deleted

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i am using all assets for android only plz help and tag me while replying

mellow bane Oct 7, 2021, 2:12 PM

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You didn't install the Android dependencies

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Check the Release Notes for your engine version and make sure to install all the required stuff

ivory barn Oct 7, 2021, 2:13 PM

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i have android studio ndk and sdk and jdk too what else i need

mellow bane Oct 7, 2021, 2:13 PM

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Did you confirm that you have the appropriate versions like I suggested ?

ivory barn Oct 7, 2021, 2:13 PM

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which version it is 3.5.3

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it is for androdi studio

mellow bane Oct 7, 2021, 2:14 PM

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Check the Release Notes for your engine version and make sure to install all the required stuff

ivory barn Oct 7, 2021, 2:14 PM

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okay were i can find the realese notes

mellow bane Oct 7, 2021, 2:14 PM

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Google "unreal 4.xx release notes"

ivory barn Oct 7, 2021, 2:15 PM

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okay thanku i will check it

regal elbow Oct 7, 2021, 2:15 PM

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Hi! Does someone knows how i can let the player pick up an weapon?

winged moss Oct 7, 2021, 4:54 PM

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what's that to do with packaging?

woven escarp Oct 7, 2021, 6:08 PM

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Hey guys, can you "art" direct the assets that needs to be cooked with the asset manager?

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Okay, I just found out you can

lofty dome Oct 7, 2021, 6:56 PM

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Please help! For some reason use of the UNiagaraSystem is causing my packaging to fail. This is every time I use it in the code. Commenting it out will result in easy and successful packaging. Anybody know how to resolve this issue?

winged moss Oct 7, 2021, 7:04 PM

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going to need the log to be posted since you didn't show the UBT log

lofty dome Oct 7, 2021, 7:14 PM

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Sorry! Is this what you want?

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Those two pictures are finishing the lines that trail

winged moss Oct 7, 2021, 7:15 PM

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well screenshots of text are usually not so great

lofty dome Oct 7, 2021, 7:15 PM

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📎 message.txt

winged moss Oct 7, 2021, 7:15 PM

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never really seen that one before

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though is it trying to cook some editor data there?

lofty dome Oct 7, 2021, 7:16 PM

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Only found one other guy with the same issue online, but nobody's commented on his post

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Yeah, I think that's just starting with the fatal error starting with "A dependency"

main glacier Oct 7, 2021, 11:58 PM

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Are the Manifest_DebugFiles.txt and Manifest_NonUFSFiles.txt files in the build folder necessary?

mellow bane Oct 8, 2021, 7:18 AM

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No

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They shouldn't be distributed

forest spire Oct 8, 2021, 8:29 AM

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mellow bane You can only remove files from the editor, and you should save as the editor pro...

so i cant fix the app to export it?

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i have the entire project and i cant even use it?

mellow bane Oct 8, 2021, 8:43 AM

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forest spire so i cant fix the app to export it?

You can very easily fix this problem by resaving all affected assets

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Should be a right click on content folder in content browser -> resave all assets

forest spire Oct 8, 2021, 8:46 AM

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i have done that on the content file and all assets

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it is taking longer for it tell me export failed so i assume some of the things are now exporting but after a while it still says export fails

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and when i fix something another error is mentioned

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this time it is this

mellow bane Oct 8, 2021, 8:47 AM

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That's a completely different error

forest spire Oct 8, 2021, 8:47 AM

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yes

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the save all fixed the other problem

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there is some sort of .pak

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that isnt allowing the project to save

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and export

mellow bane Oct 8, 2021, 8:48 AM

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Read carefully the error

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The problem is explained in plain english

forest spire Oct 8, 2021, 8:48 AM

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it says it is failing to copy

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but it doesnt help me with the solution

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UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (64-bit)): ERROR: Failed to copy C:\Users\Luke Sheldon\Documents\Unreal Projects\SGM_Real_Time_Interactive_Visualisation\Saved\StagedBuilds\WindowsNoEditor\SGM_Real_Time_Interactive_Visualisation\Content\Paks\SGM_Real_Time_Interactive_Visualisation-WindowsNoEditor.pak to C:\Users\Luke Sheldon\Desktop\Luke\Real Time Interactive V
isualisation\TEST EXPORT\WindowsNoEditor\SGM_Real_Time_Interactive_Visualisation\Content\Paks\SGM_Real_Time_Interactive_Visualisation-WindowsNoEditor.pak
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (64-bit)): ERROR: Failed to copy C:\Users\Luke Sheldon\Documents\Unreal Projects\SGM_Real_Time_Interactive_Visualisation\Saved\StagedBuilds\WindowsNoEditor\SGM_Real_Time_Interactive_Visualisation\Content\Paks\SGM_Real_Time_Interactive_Visualisation-WindowsNoEditor.pak to C:\Users\Luke Sheldon\Desktop\Luke\Real Time Interactive V
isualisation\TEST EXPORT\WindowsNoEditor\SGM_Real_Time_Interactive_Visualisation\Content\Paks\SGM_Real_Time_Interactive_Visualisation-WindowsNoEditor.pak

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failed to copy the file named sgm real time interactive visualisation windowsno editor.pak

mellow bane Oct 8, 2021, 8:50 AM

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Seriously it's in your own screenshot

forest spire Oct 8, 2021, 8:51 AM

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why dont they put that thing in red god damn

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XD

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literally if its the issue why do they blend that shit with all the other grey text

mellow bane Oct 8, 2021, 8:51 AM

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The red line is "failed to copy", that is the error

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The grey part is the diagnostic

forest spire Oct 8, 2021, 8:52 AM

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ok thank you for your patience man. dont hate me XD

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im good when it comes to visual looks but when it comes to code and long groups of text man im clueless

mellow bane Oct 8, 2021, 8:55 AM

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It's not all that bad once you start reading the text carefully

forest spire Oct 8, 2021, 9:21 AM

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hi guys, does anyone know why my project that i exported doesnt include the audio from the cinematics that were included in the project

mellow bane Oct 8, 2021, 9:22 AM

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Check the packaging logs

forest spire Oct 8, 2021, 9:24 AM

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mellow bane Oct 8, 2021, 9:25 AM

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I would be looking for the missing assets, specifically

forest spire Oct 8, 2021, 9:25 AM

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what does the assets have to do with the audio?

mellow bane Oct 8, 2021, 9:26 AM

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"my project that i exported doesnt include the audio from the cinematics"

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I expect you have, like, audio files

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You have provided zero information as to how your audio is implemented so I'm just guessing here

forest spire Oct 8, 2021, 9:26 AM

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the audio is coming from the mp4 media player

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the video plays

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but without the audio

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im not sure if there is a setting to enable it from the video or from the export/project settings

mellow bane Oct 8, 2021, 9:29 AM

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https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/840038/media-player-audio-not-playing-in-packaged-project.html

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Some solutions here - appears to be by design that audio doesn't play

forest spire Oct 8, 2021, 9:30 AM

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il check it out thanks

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so i have created the bp and linked it to the media player and draged it in scene. were he mentioned here that he added logic. does there need to be some code to let it know that when video starts the audio starts or will it know on its own since its linked to the media player ?

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forest spire Oct 8, 2021, 9:36 AM

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mellow bane Some solutions here - appears to be by design that audio doesn't play

you think just without any code it will work?

mellow bane Oct 8, 2021, 9:36 AM

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I have never used video in Unreal, so i have no idea.

forest spire Oct 8, 2021, 9:37 AM

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being a generalist is exhausting

round sorrel Oct 8, 2021, 6:01 PM

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I’m trying to package my game on iOS on a Mac mini. Im getting an error message saying legacy build will be deprecated and I can change this in file > workspace settings. I tried the same in Xcode and changed it to new build system in Xcode but unreal keeps building the project with the damn legacy build system. Where can I override this setting in unreal?

versed pilot Oct 8, 2021, 6:04 PM

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how do i point RunUAT.bat at a specific build target inside a project? i have a custom target with a different GeneratedProjectName, but RunUAT.bat just takes a uproject so it builds the default target

versed pilot Oct 8, 2021, 7:50 PM

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-target is the answer 🙂

indigo cloud Oct 9, 2021, 1:57 PM

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Trying to launch my project on iOS fails at the installing IPA stage, pointing to a deployment server logfile. Logfile has 3 exceptions "System.FormatException: Input string was not in a correct format." as the only hints. Does anyone know how to fix this?

crimson sentinel Oct 9, 2021, 3:42 PM

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Hi folks. My packaged game crashes occasionally when opening levels.

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It's running in a art installation at the moment so it's pretty critical I get this sorted asap so any help would be amazing. Thanks

minor hawk Oct 9, 2021, 7:45 PM

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While trying to cook the project for winds, it gets stuck on this:
"UATHelper: Cooking (Windows): LogCook: Display: Checking global shaders for platform Windows"
Do I just need to wait for a long time, or is it something fixable?

winged moss Oct 9, 2021, 7:51 PM

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crimson sentinel Hi folks. My packaged game crashes occasionally when opening levels.

a photo of a computer screen?

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can you post the actual text of the log

crimson sentinel Oct 9, 2021, 8:59 PM

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winged moss a photo of a computer screen?

Yeah sorry wasn't sure if I should put the whole thing here. Will post when I'm back in the studio

ivory barn Oct 10, 2021, 3:06 AM

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plz can anybodly help me with this

lethal pelican Oct 10, 2021, 4:11 AM

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ivory barn plz can anybodly help me with this

Read the first 3 rows, should solve it

ivory barn Oct 10, 2021, 4:12 AM

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okay

sleek stone Oct 10, 2021, 5:40 PM

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I have an issue with 1 movable light.. this is the shadow on the editor and when I preview it everything looks fine, but when I package the project, the shadow becomes solid. not sure what is happening.

Sorry I can't share more explicit screenshots.

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the light is passing by a cylinder with an alpha texture.

sleek stone Oct 10, 2021, 6:01 PM

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Fixed, I think it was the mipmaps.

But now I have another issue, some times some of the input is not working, specially the R key. not sure why is not working on the packaged build.

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all other inputs are working fine.

open rapids Oct 10, 2021, 8:24 PM

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I managed to narrow my problem. I think my issue is most relative to this error:

H:\Program Files\Epic Games\UE_4.27\Engine\Plugins\Experimental\ControlRig\Source\ControlRig\Public\ControlRigAnimInstance.h(7): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'AnimNodes/AnimNode_PoseSnapshot.h': No such file or directory UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (64-bit)): Took 4.1940263s to run UnrealBuildTool.exe, ExitCode=6

Any help on fixing this?

📎 ERRORS.txt

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I can not packaged even with Nativization disabled because of some engine error with the ControlRig.

open rapids Oct 10, 2021, 10:49 PM

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Hello?

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Can someone please help me with this barrier?

vagrant cedar Oct 11, 2021, 4:56 PM

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UATHelper: Cooking (Windows (64-bit)): LogInit: Display: LogOutputDevice: Error: begin: stack for UAT
UATHelper: Cooking (Windows (64-bit)): LogInit: Display: LogOutputDevice: Error: === Handled ensure: === anyone dealing with this when packaging? 4.26.1 source

mellow bane Oct 11, 2021, 4:58 PM

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Those aren't the actual error

vagrant cedar Oct 11, 2021, 4:59 PM

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sorry missed the rest 😄 it's a lot

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📎 message.txt

mellow bane Oct 11, 2021, 5:02 PM

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You have a soft object pointer set to NULL

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Arguably in a Blueprint

vagrant cedar Oct 11, 2021, 5:03 PM

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have no idea what that means..I'm not a programmer

mellow bane Oct 11, 2021, 5:10 PM

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vagrant cedar have no idea what that means..I'm not a programmer

Somewhere you have an empty object property

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If you're not a programmer the only way to diagnose this is going to be to re-check all your Blueprints for errors

vagrant cedar Oct 11, 2021, 5:11 PM

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I just did it and they seem all ok

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no compiling errors in any bp

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I did a lot of stuff in c++ too but I have no errors on vs

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this show up when I cook content for windows

mellow bane Oct 11, 2021, 5:12 PM

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If you are familiar with C++ you can debug this

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make sure to have engine source, debug symbols installed
search for "Cannot create SoftObjectPath with short package name" in engine source
put breakpoint there
start packaging
in VS do debug -> attach to process -> UAT.exe (quickly)
wait for VS to trigger the error
check the callstack for the offending asset's name

vagrant cedar Oct 11, 2021, 5:15 PM

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is debug symbol like a plugin?

mellow bane Oct 11, 2021, 5:19 PM

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"engine debug symbols" in install options for the engine in launcher

vagrant cedar Oct 11, 2021, 5:23 PM

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ok I have no idea what we're talking about, is it sure that it's a bp?

mellow bane Oct 11, 2021, 5:26 PM

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Yep

open rapids Oct 11, 2021, 5:28 PM

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hey i have trouble when i try to package 3 movies

vagrant cedar Oct 11, 2021, 5:28 PM

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mellow bane Yep

ok thanks dude I will look into it!

open rapids Oct 11, 2021, 5:28 PM

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when i start the game packaged

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what i see is white image

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but in editor works well

crimson sentinel Oct 11, 2021, 5:55 PM

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@winged moss here is the log file....its quite a long one!

📎 New_Forest27.log

open rapids Oct 11, 2021, 5:58 PM

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Can anyone please help me with my issue?

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#packaging message

open rapids Oct 11, 2021, 7:03 PM

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can anyone tell me how to package game with movies?

open rapids Oct 11, 2021, 7:53 PM

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I just received mention notification from this channel and now its gone. What happened?

open rapids Oct 11, 2021, 8:13 PM

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its ok i found my mistake

open rapids Oct 11, 2021, 9:01 PM

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Can someone help me with my issue now?

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I would really like to release the demo for my game soon. I can not do that because of this package error.

winged moss Oct 11, 2021, 9:32 PM

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crimson sentinel <@!166299757151649793> here is the log file....its quite a long one!

you do not have the crash symbols so this is useless

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open the dump file in VS with the PDBs available

onyx kite Oct 11, 2021, 10:24 PM

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Hey!! What would be a way to only package a map and everything it references? I'm doing "Cook only maps" and then selecting the map at "List of maps to include in a packaged build" but I get a fatal error when opening the .exe.

winged moss Oct 11, 2021, 10:29 PM

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that is how you do it

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oh "cook only maps", what?

onyx kite Oct 11, 2021, 11:08 PM

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winged moss oh "cook only maps", what?

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Either with that option on or off it's throwing a fatal error on package.

winged moss Oct 11, 2021, 11:08 PM

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then show the stack trace

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make sure your startup map is packaged

onyx kite Oct 11, 2021, 11:09 PM

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It's not one of those rich error screens, it's the ugly "fatal error" one with just an accept button. How do I get the stack log?

winged moss Oct 11, 2021, 11:10 PM

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well at least read the logs in Saved/Logs

eager river Oct 11, 2021, 11:11 PM

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Can anybody please me help with this error. Says reason for failure is:

"A failure occurred while executing com.android.build.gradle.internal.tasks.Workers$ActionFacade
LogPlayLevel: > Unable to find EOCD signature"

But not sure how to fix that.

sonic stratus Oct 11, 2021, 11:31 PM

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Anyone happen to know how to debug the build tools? For instance, I'm trying to attach a debugger to the Unreal Build Tool in UEDeployAndroid.cs

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I assume there's somewhere I can find out what the build command executed from the editor is, add that as arguments to launch of the UnrealBuildTool in Visual Studio, set a break point, and hit F5 as usual? Though where I find the build command is a bit of a mystery to me.

eager river Oct 11, 2021, 11:49 PM

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eager river Can anybody please me help with this error. Says reason for failure is: "A fail...

Fixed my issue, found a solution where you just delete the intermediate folder in your project folder.

vagrant cedar Oct 12, 2021, 9:13 AM

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mellow bane - make sure to have engine source, debug symbols installed - search for "Cannot ...

hey dude could you be more specific about this? I'm pretty noob and your help would be suuuuper appreciated 😄 it can really save my ass

mellow bane Oct 12, 2021, 9:24 AM

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vagrant cedar hey dude could you be more specific about this? I'm pretty noob and your help wo...

Which part specifically ?

vagrant cedar Oct 12, 2021, 9:25 AM

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how can I search for this "Cannot create SoftObjectPath with short package name" in engine source

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because even if I managed to do many stuff in c++ I'm not a programmer so it's hard for me

mellow bane Oct 12, 2021, 9:25 AM

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ctrl+shift+f in VS

vagrant cedar Oct 12, 2021, 9:26 AM

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and this? "make sure to have engine source, debug symbols installed"

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I have no idea where to find it 😦

mellow bane Oct 12, 2021, 9:27 AM

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Launcher options for the engine

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Small arrow next to version name

vagrant cedar Oct 12, 2021, 9:27 AM

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I'm using source version

mellow bane Oct 12, 2021, 9:28 AM

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Then you can happily skip these steps

vagrant cedar Oct 12, 2021, 9:28 AM

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so from where I begin?

mellow bane Oct 12, 2021, 9:28 AM

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The rest of my message

vagrant cedar Oct 12, 2021, 9:41 AM

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@mellow bane when I do ''attach to process" I cant see UAT.exe just unreal4editor and unrealbuild tool what should I do?

mellow bane Oct 12, 2021, 9:42 AM

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Maybe wait for the cooking process to start

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Post build, cooking shaders etc

vagrant cedar Oct 12, 2021, 9:46 AM

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waited but I still can't see it 😮 how is it possible

mellow bane Oct 12, 2021, 9:48 AM

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See UE4Editor-Cmd.exe anywhere ?

vagrant cedar Oct 12, 2021, 9:48 AM

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this one yes

mellow bane Oct 12, 2021, 9:49 AM

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YEah try this one

vagrant cedar Oct 12, 2021, 9:51 AM

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seems to work thank you so much dude! I will update as soon as I have results

steady nimbus Oct 12, 2021, 10:47 AM

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Can you Publish a game at age 14

mellow bane Oct 12, 2021, 10:49 AM

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Commercially, probably not

vagrant cedar Oct 12, 2021, 11:02 AM

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mellow bane YEah try this one

seems like packaging can't progress with vs attached...but tons of stuff pops up in the call stack how do I know what bp is?

mellow bane Oct 12, 2021, 11:03 AM

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If VS breaks it means the breakpoint you added was fired which means you should have the asset name available somewhere in the Autos panel

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Callstack can be used to navigate the call hierarhcy

vagrant cedar Oct 12, 2021, 11:03 AM

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I havent added the breakpoint

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you said to skip that part?

mellow bane Oct 12, 2021, 11:04 AM

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No, not that part, you still want the breakpoint, though if VS stopped the process and showed you a call stack it likely means the editor encountered another error

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Screenshot I guess

vagrant cedar Oct 12, 2021, 11:06 AM

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ok I need to add the breakpoint then! I'll update you dude! thanks 😄

abstract island Oct 12, 2021, 11:19 AM

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Hello guys, I looked over the discussion to see if someone had asked the question but I couldn't find anything.

I have a custom target that has been created for my project. But in VS, its configuration is set to "Invalid" by default, meaning that if I want to build for it, it won't work.
I can set it locally to "Development" and make it build successfully, but I cannot figure out which file to check out for it to be pushed to the online depot.

Could you help me with that please?

vagrant cedar Oct 12, 2021, 12:10 PM

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@mellow bane if I attach the process to this UE4Editor-Cmd.exe the packaging doesn't go on

mellow bane Oct 12, 2021, 12:11 PM

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As soon as a breakpoint fires it will stop, yes

vagrant cedar Oct 12, 2021, 12:11 PM

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no it's like ''broken''

mellow bane Oct 12, 2021, 12:11 PM

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What does VS look like right now

vagrant cedar Oct 12, 2021, 12:13 PM

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but in the output log of ue4 the process looks like ''stuck''

mellow bane Oct 12, 2021, 12:14 PM

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Yes, it is, because you are on a breakpoint

vagrant cedar Oct 12, 2021, 12:14 PM

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ah great

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so i guess on the left I have the path right?

mellow bane Oct 12, 2021, 12:15 PM

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The code view should literally show where you put a breakpoint

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If it's not, it will show where the error occured

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Might be easier to show that

vagrant cedar Oct 12, 2021, 12:28 PM

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I still don't get it 😦

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mellow bane Oct 12, 2021, 12:30 PM

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vagrant cedar I still don't get it 😦

When VS hits a breakpoint you have the code - current erroring line highlighted , the call stack - hierarchy of calls from current function to parent to parent to parent until the program's main and you have the variables to inspect in bottom left

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Here an ensure call failed which triggers the debugger as a breakpoint

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It may or may not be relevant to your problem, you can either press F5 to resume the program and wait for another error, or investigate

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You would investigate by checking the variables until you find the path of the current processed asset

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/game/DebugOnly/Leaderboard s here

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Well that's the broken path

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To find which asset has the path you'd need to go higher in the stack step by step until you find something in variables

vagrant cedar Oct 12, 2021, 12:33 PM

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i just deleted that widget because I don't need it but it's still not cooking 😦

mellow bane Oct 12, 2021, 12:33 PM

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But at least here you know it's an UMG widget referencing /Game/DebugOnly/Leaderboards which is invalid or not packaged

vagrant cedar Oct 12, 2021, 12:33 PM

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very very helpful dude thanks a lot! I really appreciate your help 🙂

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but somehow it doesn't work

mellow bane Oct 12, 2021, 12:34 PM

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Consider the possibility that /Game/DebugOnly/Leaderboards here is something another asset tries to point to

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If you just deleted it, it means you did it incorrectly, without resaving affected assets in the editor as prompted

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You now need to search through the stack for the offending widget, and resave that

vagrant cedar Oct 12, 2021, 12:35 PM

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mmm ok I'll try again! but I am sure I deleted the widget without forcing anything

mellow bane Oct 12, 2021, 12:36 PM

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You definitely quit without saving some affected assets

vagrant cedar Oct 12, 2021, 12:37 PM

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sounds bad 😦

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now it say this /Script/AIModule.AISystem

mellow bane Oct 12, 2021, 12:38 PM

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This one you can probably skip

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Press F5 and move on

vagrant cedar Oct 12, 2021, 12:40 PM

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how do I know when it's something I should investigate?

mellow bane Oct 12, 2021, 12:41 PM

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If the path is one of your assets it's 100% a problem to fix

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And I mean, in theory you could skip all errors until you find your breakpoint

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But no error in your project is truly harmless

vagrant cedar Oct 12, 2021, 12:42 PM

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I have a doubt, I did everything in bp before and refactoring in c++ later

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can be some function name, variable name or whatever?

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because I can compile on vs and play the game so technically it should work fine?

mellow bane Oct 12, 2021, 12:47 PM

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It works in editor, but the packaging is more stringent

vagrant cedar Oct 12, 2021, 12:49 PM

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I will try to follow your instructions, thanks a lot dude you saved my ass 😄

gentle lily Oct 12, 2021, 3:16 PM

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hi slackers , i have a problem in game (before package) i have an button that open level by name and it works before package ,but after package when i press it, its load the same level not the level that i want , i cant know where is the problem, so i hope somehelp

open rapids Oct 12, 2021, 4:00 PM

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You need to add the map in package settings

gentle lily Oct 12, 2021, 4:05 PM

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i did in the list of maps to include in a packaged build

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@open rapids

open rapids Oct 12, 2021, 4:14 PM

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Maybe then you didn’t write them as expected

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Can you send an image

vagrant cedar Oct 12, 2021, 5:52 PM

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@mellow bane dude I managed to solve this! Thank you so much for your help 😄 I really appreciate

hard yacht Oct 12, 2021, 8:48 PM

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This is quite possibly in the wrong section, but if I build a development packaged client (so not shipping), is there an easy way for users to change keybinds (a config file or some console command)?

ivory charm Oct 12, 2021, 9:02 PM

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Hello

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I got a big problem

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I made an horor map and tried to pack it

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After pack the map(game)shows as the tutorial map

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Can anybody help me pls

open rapids Oct 12, 2021, 9:07 PM

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ivory charm Hello

Does this help https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-to-set-default-level/65934

Unreal Engine Forums

How to set default level?

This might be a bit of an odd question, but how do I tell the engine what level to load when it boots up a project? I ask this because I need to know for packaging purposes, so Unreal doesn’t open a blank level whenever someone boots up my project. For instance: I have two levels: MainMenu and CharacterCreate. I want MainMenu to be opened up w...

ivory charm Oct 12, 2021, 9:08 PM

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Thx I will try it

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If I don’t succeed I will contact u later

dull phoenix Oct 13, 2021, 12:34 AM

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Anuybody knows how to use Oodle compression in UE4.27 during packaging? Or is it automatic?

rough ridge Oct 13, 2021, 11:48 AM

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Can we export html 5 from Unreal Engine 4.26?

mellow bane Oct 13, 2021, 11:49 AM

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No

rough ridge Oct 13, 2021, 11:49 AM

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There is no option in html 5 since developers remove it after Unreal Engine 4.23.

rough ridge Oct 13, 2021, 11:50 AM

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mellow bane No

What about this plugin
https://github.com/UnrealEngineHTML5/Documentation

But ot says only Unreal Engine 4.24

GitHub

GitHub - UnrealEngineHTML5/Documentation

Contribute to UnrealEngineHTML5/Documentation development by creating an account on GitHub.

mellow bane Oct 13, 2021, 11:50 AM

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Yes, that's the 4.23 code for HTML export

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It probably doesn't work at all on 4.26

rough ridge Oct 13, 2021, 11:51 AM

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Oh no :(

rough ridge Oct 13, 2021, 11:54 AM

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mellow bane It probably doesn't work at all on 4.26

Is there any market place plugin that does the work

mellow bane Oct 13, 2021, 11:54 AM

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rough ridge Is there any market place plugin that does the work

No

main glacier Oct 13, 2021, 11:38 PM

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mellow bane They shouldn't be distributed

Thank you! That's what I was thinking

cobalt ruin Oct 14, 2021, 2:42 AM

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Hello, did anyone know how to package using .ucas file and not .pak file?

winged moss Oct 14, 2021, 3:34 AM

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?

vital creek Oct 14, 2021, 3:51 AM

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I believe it's related to the zen loader.

cobalt ruin Oct 14, 2021, 5:11 AM

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vital creek I believe it's related to the zen loader.

Can you tell me how it works?

vital creek Oct 14, 2021, 5:15 AM

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OchRhhRaE5s&t=1851s
-iostore to UAT or enable in packaging settings.

cobalt ruin Oct 14, 2021, 5:17 AM

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Thanks!

white latch Oct 14, 2021, 5:32 PM

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hi, is there a way to run from a script or command-line the equivalent of: [open UE4 project] -> File -> Package project -> Windows (64-bit) ?

dusky fossil Oct 14, 2021, 5:56 PM

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We're getting errors during a package from a Developer directory. Does anyone know how to exclude Developer directories?

winged moss Oct 14, 2021, 7:11 PM

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white latch hi, is there a way to run from a script or command-line the equivalent of: [open...

https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.26/en-US/SharingAndReleasing/Deployment/BuildOperations/#commandline

Build Operations: Cook, Package, Deploy, and Run

An overview of the available Build Operations (cook, package, run, and deploy) that can be for Unreal Engine 4 projects.

polar linden Oct 14, 2021, 8:33 PM

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Not sure if this is exactly the right channel for this, but packaged a windows build on 4.27.1 today and it no longer can run on my Windows machine correctly. Have never seen this error before, but it's due to OpenCVLensDistortion module. It's crashing on the line

tailMerge_opencv_world331_dll() is the error in the log
FOpenCVHelperModule::StartupModule() [Engine\Plugins\Compositing\OpenCVLensDistortion\Source\OpenCVHelper\Private\OpenCVHelperModule.cpp:91]

That line in the module is cv unreal SetMallocAndFree(&OpenCVHelperModule::UnrealMalloc, &OpenCVHelperModule::UnrealFree);

Anyone have any thoughts about what to attempt here?

winged moss Oct 14, 2021, 8:47 PM

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is this a plugin you're using?

polar linden Oct 14, 2021, 8:54 PM

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It's the opencvlensdistortion plugin built in unreal

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Realized that it might be too long of a path
LogWindows: Failed to load '../../../Engine/Plugins/Compositing/OpenCVLensDistortion/Binaries/ThirdParty/Win64/opencv_world331.dll' (GetLastError=206)

winged moss Oct 14, 2021, 10:02 PM

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oh I was wondering if you were using it because I would recommend disabling it if it's causing you issues

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ERROR_FILENAME_EXCED_RANGE

206 (0xCE)

The filename or extension is too long.

dull phoenix Oct 15, 2021, 8:04 AM

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How did you setup Oodle? So I have the Oodle plugins enabled. Then I edited BaseEngine.ini and set bForceRDOOff=False. Are there any other setups needed? I've the following enabled in my project launcher profile.https://gyazo.com/1a673d9774bf3dda8250499d86fd76e0

Gyazo

mossy tapir Oct 15, 2021, 11:15 AM

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I'd like to read/mount pak files in my UE4 app, packaged from a different Unreal project. How would you go about packaging them?(I tried primary asset labels, and packaging content as dlc, but could not manage to read them in the app)

crisp patrol Oct 15, 2021, 11:20 AM

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dull phoenix How did you setup Oodle? So I have the Oodle plugins enabled. Then I edited Base...

In 4.27.1 the default settings work great for me without any .ini tweaks

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I go from 3 GB to 1 GB package size

dull phoenix Oct 15, 2021, 7:06 PM

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crisp patrol I go from 3 GB to 1 GB package size

Search for compression in project settings. How does ur look like? I went from 3.5g to 3.15g with kraken and rdo off.

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I’m trying to package using rdo on and taking forever to package .

crisp patrol Oct 15, 2021, 7:19 PM

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dull phoenix Search for compression in project settings. How does ur look like? I went from 3...

Default untouched for me

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However it barely did anything in the 4.27 preview builds

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So I'm not sure if it's just messing up somewhere!

dull phoenix Oct 15, 2021, 8:07 PM

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crisp patrol Default untouched for me

I tested a large project. So with my setting and RDO on I get 2.38g from 3.5g. That's a big change. But it took hours to packages and long time to open UE4 editor and my main level, only if you set RDO in .ini file.

crisp patrol Oct 15, 2021, 8:08 PM

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Ah I guess RDO is costly in that case

dull phoenix Oct 15, 2021, 8:08 PM

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It compress better and textures.

crisp patrol Oct 15, 2021, 8:08 PM

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In terms of time

dull phoenix Oct 15, 2021, 8:08 PM

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yes

crisp patrol Oct 15, 2021, 8:08 PM

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Probably good to only use it when you are pushing production ready builds

dull phoenix Oct 15, 2021, 8:09 PM

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Loading during run-time is super fast. It's worth it.

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Yea def prod only. And make a schedule for it. lol

crisp patrol Oct 15, 2021, 8:11 PM

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Interesting that it's noticeable at runtime and not just for reducing package sizes

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Seems like a huge reason to upgrade to 4.27

safe saddle Oct 15, 2021, 9:57 PM

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Hi guys, kinda new here 👋 I'm packaging a project to my Oculus Quest 2 but the project that shows up is an old version. I found some threads from 2015 with people having the same issue but no solutions. Anyone know anything?

woven escarp Oct 16, 2021, 9:41 AM

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Hey guys, I have some assets that are being cooked but not packaged. How can I enforce them to be packaged as well?

tight galleon Oct 16, 2021, 3:36 PM

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woven escarp Hey guys, I have some assets that are being cooked but not packaged. How can I e...

Getting cooked but not packaged? How are you determining that they're getting cooked? How are you determining that they're not getting packaged?

To make sure they're really getting cooked, put

cook.displaymode=3``` 
into `DefaultEngine.ini` and cook again. The logs will now contain a trace for every single file that got cooked.
If they show up in the logs as getting cooked then they should also get packaged. You can verify that by checking DevelopmentAssetRegistry.bin if you open it with the Asset Audit window in the Editor.

cold turret Oct 16, 2021, 4:24 PM

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Hello all, I'm hoping for some help with cooking an asset. It's a texture.

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When I cook it, it doesn't cook right, but for a modder trying to help me it worked fine. I even got a zip of his project and cooked and it didn't come out the same file size (and didn't work in game).

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Same version of UE4, nothing special.

woven escarp Oct 16, 2021, 5:39 PM

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tight galleon Getting cooked but not packaged? How are you determining that they're getting co...

Because I explicitly set them in FinishInitialLoading (or something like that, Im hand off right now) in the AssetManager by keeping them in memory and they do appear when executing from the editor in its own process (standalone), OC they dont appear if I don't that (the asset registry would just returns null when asking for it, like in the packaged version).
What you mentioned it's pretty useful though will check it out late today and get back to you. Thanks Ari

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@cold turret I dont quite follow what the problem is, but do you have it hard referenced in the editor?

cold turret Oct 16, 2021, 5:42 PM

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All I did was install UE4.24.3 (the required version for making mods for Foxhole) and made a new level and added a single texture and cooked it.

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And the uasset is 35kb, the person trying to help me did the exact same process and it cooked to 85kb.

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The only setting I even changed was to turn off Event Loading (as required for making these mods)

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So I'm not even sure what to troubleshoot. :/

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@woven escarp There's just so few steps involved I don't know where I could have screwed up. I can post the tutorial video I followed with the process.

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Plus I have the project.zip as mentioned (and his and my uasset that should be identical but aren't)

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cooking the asset from his zipped project should have made the same output, or so I assumed...

woven escarp Oct 16, 2021, 5:46 PM

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Im not familiar with mods at all. But if you have the texture hard reference (either by making it a property on a blueprint or some other data asset) it should be cooked

cold turret Oct 16, 2021, 5:46 PM

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All I did was add it as content at the bottom, saved it, then cooked it

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Imported I should say

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a png

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Blank level

woven escarp Oct 16, 2021, 5:49 PM

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Again, I not familiar with Mods but just like that it wouldnt work with a regular UE Project. You need to make a hard reference by following the steps above or by telling the asset manager that the asset needs to be cooked

cold turret Oct 16, 2021, 5:50 PM

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@woven escarp Are you referencing Ari's steps above?

tight galleon Oct 16, 2021, 6:03 PM

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cold turret And the uasset is 35kb, the person trying to help me did the exact same process ...

Are you sure both of you are comparing the same files? I.e. the un-cooked file vs the cooked file?

To expand on what jmgomez said, nothing gets cooked unless it's either:
A: A PrimaryAsset (like a map or other types if you've configured them yourself).
B: Referenced (either a soft or hard reference, both will lead to it being cooked) from a Primary Asset (even indirectly).
C: In an AlwaysCook directory, which you can configure in the project settings.

If you just add an asset to your project but you don't use it from any asset that would get cooked (like a map) then your texture doesn't get cooked. This is a feature, it means nothing unnecessary gets cooked.

Like the tip I just told jmgomes, to make sure it's really getting cooked, put

cook.displaymode=3```
into `DefaultEngine.ini` and cook again, and check the logs to see if it's really getting cooked.

cold turret Oct 16, 2021, 6:04 PM

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@tight galleon It sounds like perhaps the easiest first step is to configure that directory as AlwaysCook and go from there

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It does spit out a uasset, but it's smaller in size

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But it's odd to me that it would spit one out at all if it's not being cooked.

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But I'm extremely new to UE4

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@tight galleon Okay, so I modified the DefaultEngine.ini as you specified and sure enough the texture I added is not referenced by name anywhere in the output log

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Oh god, I'm an idiot. You're exactly right Ari, I was still looking at the uncooked. I didn't navigate to the cooked folder. Yowza. I'll blame it on being tired. Thanks all for your help.

tight galleon Oct 16, 2021, 6:43 PM

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cold turret Oh god, I'm an idiot. You're exactly right Ari, I was still looking at the unco...

Glad we got it sorted 😄

cold turret Oct 16, 2021, 6:43 PM

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Me too!

tight galleon Oct 16, 2021, 6:45 PM

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For anyone wondering what that number "3" does for display mode, here are the different options available explained:

0: No display
1: Display packages remaining,
2: Display each package by name
3: Both

woven escarp Oct 16, 2021, 8:30 PM

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tight galleon Getting cooked but not packaged? How are you determining that they're getting co...

So I can see the assets being cooked in the log by enabling that option when I tell them to be cooked and I don't see it when I dont. How would you open the DevelopmentAssetRegistry.bin with the Asset Audit? I have no clue.
Also I have a question just to make sure, assets need to be cooked in order for them to appear in "Standalone Game" arent they? That's what made me think that it should be another "stage" for the asset in a package, because they do appear to be cooked based on that :/

viscid ibex Oct 17, 2021, 8:29 AM

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Hey,
I am trying to add OnlineSubSystemRedpointEOS free edition plugin to my project. Plugin works fine but when I try to package the project it gives me error

UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (64-bit)):   ERROR: Missing precompiled manifest for 'OnlineSubsystemRedpointEOS'. This module was most likely not flagged for being included in a precompiled build - set 'PrecompileForTargets = PrecompileTargetsType.Any;' in OnlineSubsystemRedpointEOS.build.cs to override.
PackagingResults: Error: Missing precompiled manifest for 'OnlineSubsystemRedpointEOS'. This module was most likely not flagged for being included in a precompiled build - set 'PrecompileForTargets = PrecompileTargetsType.Any;' in OnlineSubsystemRedpointEOS.build.cs to override.

I tried to add PrecompileForTargets = PrecompileTargetsType.Any; and I also added the plugin to both engine folder and project folder. But nothing seems to work and I still get this error. Does anyone know what I should do?

past forum Oct 17, 2021, 12:59 PM

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I just build my game. And when trying to open it I got this error. Do I manually have to add the houdiniengine folder to the build files?

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Ifso where do I put it?

woven escarp Oct 17, 2021, 1:15 PM

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past forum I just build my game. And when trying to open it I got this error. Do I manually...

Do you have it in your Project’s Plugin folder? Or in the engine one?

valid nimbus Oct 17, 2021, 2:00 PM

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I keep getting this error everytime I try to package my project

woven escarp Oct 17, 2021, 2:52 PM

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valid nimbus

It's saying to you that you have referenced UnrealEd (the unreal editor module) which is not suitable for packaged builds. You have to take rid of it or set a condition in your build.cs
Something like


  if (Target.bBuildEditor) {    PrivateDependencyModuleNames.Add("UnrealEd");    
        }

Then if you reference it in your code you have to use the WITH_EDITOR preprocessor instruction

past forum Oct 17, 2021, 3:13 PM

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woven escarp Do you have it in your Project’s Plugin folder? Or in the engine one?

in the engine one

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@woven escarp

woven escarp Oct 17, 2021, 3:16 PM

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past forum in the engine one

Copy them (all the houdini plugins) into your plugin folder that may do the trick

past forum Oct 17, 2021, 3:17 PM

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can't find a plugin folder in my project though

haughty crypt Oct 17, 2021, 3:28 PM

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<@&213101288538374145>

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Would highly recommend to add a function to @stuck dagger which auto bans after.. say 3 @everyone pings

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Anyways, got a question about packaging.
Will every single content you are having in your project be shipped or will it only do that for the ones which are actually used somewhere, if it's just a reference through a BP or literally placed in the world.. ?

woven escarp Oct 17, 2021, 3:38 PM

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past forum can't find a plugin folder in my project though

if there isnt any just create a Plugins folder in your project and place it there

past forum Oct 17, 2021, 3:39 PM

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woven escarp if there isnt any just create a Plugins folder in your project and place it ther...

thx a lot! Didn't know it was that easy 🙂

woven escarp Oct 17, 2021, 3:40 PM

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haughty crypt Anyways, got a question about packaging. Will every single content you are havin...

#packaging message

haughty crypt Oct 17, 2021, 3:41 PM

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woven escarp https://discord.com/channels/187217643009212416/402958499660955658/8989945439056...

That helps, thanks

woven escarp Oct 17, 2021, 3:43 PM

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haughty crypt That helps, thanks

You may also want to watch this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MGHBU5eNu0
A lot of comments that makes everything clear. That helped me a lot to get my head around the AssetManager and the FAssetRegistry

YouTube

Unreal Engine

Asset Manager Explained | Inside Unreal

This week on Inside Unreal, Ben Zeigler will walk us through how to use the Asset Manager to efficiently categorize, load, and ship large amounts of data. We'll explain the origin and purpose of the system, followed up by an in-editor tour of how Action RPG use the Asset Manager - including Blueprint nodes for Asynchronous Loading. We'll also di...

▶ Play video

dull dragon Oct 17, 2021, 6:55 PM

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After packaging my game and running it, I see in the logs "LogLoad: Error: Failed to enter /Game/Maps/MainMenu: . Please check the log for errors." The MainMenu loads just fine and works. Anyone seen anything like that before? And yes I see this in the logs where it says check the logs. LOL

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BTW, the Main Menu is the default map to load.

dull dragon Oct 17, 2021, 7:23 PM

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Also also, I am using my Game Instance to load my saved game data which has my character info saved in it. When I load my saved data in a packaged game all I get is a Fatal Error. When I run the same code in the editor it works just fine. What could I provide to help better ascertain what is causing the crash in a packaged game vs in the editor?

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The log says:
LogWindows: Error: Unhandled Exception: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION reading address 0x0000000000000000
After some research, it appears this means something is null. Is there a way to determine what that null thing is?

winged moss Oct 17, 2021, 7:42 PM

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yeah, the callstack

dull dragon Oct 17, 2021, 7:44 PM

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ok I can get that from the logs...one moment...

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This is the callstack right after the access violation. I have looked through multiple times, but unable to see what the actual thing is causing the issue. Perhaps someone can see something I am missing:

📎 message.txt

winged moss Oct 17, 2021, 8:01 PM

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and what does your player controller BP's construction script look like

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the log file should actually print a script callstack

dull dragon Oct 17, 2021, 11:09 PM

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is the above what was attached not the callstack in question? if not, I am more than willing to get something more specific.

dull dragon Oct 17, 2021, 11:26 PM

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and to answer the construction script for my MainMenu Player Controller
Constructor -> Switch Has Authority -> Authority -> Get Game Instance -> Cast -> Load Player Save Game -> Load Game Settings (Volumes/Mouse)

winged moss Oct 17, 2021, 11:29 PM

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I really wouldn't do that in a construction script

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begin play? maybe. save game isn't the best place for preferences like that though since binary save files aren't user editable

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and why would that even have an authority check? lol

dull dragon Oct 17, 2021, 11:31 PM

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you definitely have asked questions I have asked myself. I was not sure if that was correct. let me juggle around and see if I can help this....

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I was trying to not change too many things at once to make sure I knew what had changed and my testing/debugging was more systematic

dull dragon Oct 18, 2021, 12:00 AM

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What is odd to me, is this works in editor or stand alone, but when I package the game that is when I start getting this issue.
If I do NOT have the save game files get loaded (I bypass the logic and the logic that uses that data) everything works just fine.
How very odd.

viscid ibex Oct 18, 2021, 7:46 AM

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viscid ibex Hey, I am trying to add ``OnlineSubSystemRedpointEOS free edition`` plugin to my...

Does anyone know solution to this?

grave verge Oct 18, 2021, 9:30 AM

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hlo
sir/mam, i m a beginner game developer and want to release a game but but facing a problem with new google pad system where obb is released via different delivery mode .plz help
thanks.
some information that u might need-
unreal engine 4.27
game size 350 mb
uploading to google play console
plz check image

i have gone through documentation of unreal about google play asset delivery reference.
thanks again for ur time.

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gloomy garnet Oct 18, 2021, 11:49 AM

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Hi guys. Does anyone have some good tutorial links to unreal multiplayer for mobile? Thanks

golden wraith Oct 18, 2021, 12:34 PM

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Hi! when do you recommend to package your game? when 90% of it is done or very early?

mellow bane Oct 18, 2021, 12:35 PM

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Very early

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You should test-package your game at least once a week to ensure it runs without issues

weak scaffold Oct 18, 2021, 12:49 PM

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Yep. Easier to fix something when it breaks, rather than digging through a dumpster fire days before release

mellow bane Oct 18, 2021, 12:50 PM

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It's also a lot easier to revert changes made yesterday than changes made a mont hago

weak scaffold Oct 18, 2021, 12:50 PM

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Exactly

plucky timber Oct 18, 2021, 3:28 PM

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how much longer compress content is actually making it?

weak scaffold Oct 18, 2021, 4:00 PM

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It depends on your target system and game. Only way to know accurately is to try both and time it. Then you’ll also have an idea on how much space it actually saves too

golden wraith Oct 18, 2021, 5:48 PM

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weak scaffold Exactly

Thanks guys

plucky timber Oct 18, 2021, 5:49 PM

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it runs out of memory and fails to build

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deleting saved intermediate folders helped me b4

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anything else i can do?

main pond Oct 18, 2021, 6:43 PM

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Do any of you guys have any idea how to deal with these?

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"Unable to find package for cooking"

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The packages references are BP classes that have long been deleted, and I am pretty sure no other BP classes rely on them.

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But I, for the love of god, can't figure out where the packager is still getting these names from.

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They should not exist, anywhere. They shouldn't be referenced by anything, but the packager log doesn't tell me what referenced them, so I have absolutely no idea where to start searching for those references 😦

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redirectors are fixed, no BPs have any errors, I even nuked saved and intermediate folders, still no luck

next dome Oct 19, 2021, 5:24 AM

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note: in instantiation of function template specialization 'Async<(lambda at D:/x/Private/GoogleSpeechRecognition.cpp:214:40)>' requested here
Log          UATHelper            Package Plugin Task (Windows):         Async(EAsyncExecution::ThreadPool, [GoogleSTTConfig, BlueprintNode]() {

and

note: candidate template ignored: substitution failure [with FunctorType = (lambda at D:/xxx/GoogleSpeechRecognition.cpp:214:40)]
Log          UATHelper            Package Plugin Task (Windows):                     >::Type Bind(FunctorType&& InFunc)

Trying to package a plugin and keep hitting that

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Works fine if I package the whole game

woven escarp Oct 19, 2021, 1:17 PM

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hey @tight galleon I was able to open the AssetRegistry.bin (thanks to a tencent tool) and I can see how those assets are cooked, but still they arent present in the package. Any hints?

loud violet Oct 19, 2021, 1:58 PM

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Hey peeps. Someone redirected me here to ask about materials and packaging. Essentially, I would like to have Material 1 applied to a mesh on Windows, but on Android I'd like Material 2 instead. One being translucent, the other not. Hence I cannot use FeatureSwitch nodes. How would I go about implementing a selection for the operating system, without it being at runtime (so that on Android, Material 1 is not included in the package at all)

mellow bane Oct 19, 2021, 1:58 PM

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You actually can use feature switch here

loud violet Oct 19, 2021, 1:58 PM

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how so? theres no node's for BlendMode

mellow bane Oct 19, 2021, 1:58 PM

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Set the shading model to "from material attributes" and try outputing the proper one based on feature

loud violet Oct 19, 2021, 1:59 PM

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yes, the shading model. But I am talking about the BlendMode (Translucent vs Masked or Additive)

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Also, sadly the shading model "unlit" is unavailable in the From Material Attributes feature

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which would have been an alternative

mellow bane Oct 19, 2021, 2:00 PM

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Ahh, neverminded then

loud violet Oct 19, 2021, 2:01 PM

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So I could just make two materials and in some actor apply the correct one based on platform

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but that does neither sound clean, not easily maintainable and it also would include both materials in both packages

mellow bane Oct 19, 2021, 2:01 PM

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So first you can filter materials in packaging by putting them in a folder with the platform name, so that's not a concern

loud violet Oct 19, 2021, 2:02 PM

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Is that some feature I don't know of?

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So even if I have a material referenced on Windows, which is in a folder called Android (for example), what would happen? It would just not actually be there?

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that'd be at least one concern less

mellow bane Oct 19, 2021, 2:05 PM

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Haven't tried that in some time, but IIRC yes the Android folder would be skipped on PC

woven escarp Oct 19, 2021, 2:05 PM

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@loud violet you should be able to use the AssetManager to manage that

loud violet Oct 19, 2021, 2:06 PM

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cool, will google that. I'm pretty new to all this. Just got tasked with porting our high end desktop PC VR app to Quest. Fun times 🙂

mellow bane Oct 19, 2021, 2:07 PM

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Make sure to check the packaging log folder for the final asset list

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Pretty essential tool

woven escarp Oct 19, 2021, 2:07 PM

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Somewhere inside this video they mention a few hooks to do it

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MGHBU5eNu0

YouTube

Unreal Engine

Asset Manager Explained | Inside Unreal

This week on Inside Unreal, Ben Zeigler will walk us through how to use the Asset Manager to efficiently categorize, load, and ship large amounts of data. We'll explain the origin and purpose of the system, followed up by an in-editor tour of how Action RPG use the Asset Manager - including Blueprint nodes for Asynchronous Loading. We'll also di...

▶ Play video

loud violet Oct 19, 2021, 2:08 PM

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awesome, thanks a lot guys. Still worried about the overhead of having to select the correct material at runtime though. Wish there was a Material select based on feature level.

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but thats not really a #packaging issue

woven escarp Oct 19, 2021, 2:09 PM

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If you use the AssetManger it isnt a runtime though

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But at cook tme

loud violet Oct 19, 2021, 2:09 PM

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oh, then I misunderstood what you were saying with I should try the asset manager

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I thought that would only be handy for having a runtime selected material, where one would just be not in the package to begin with (due to the asset manager)

woven escarp Oct 19, 2021, 2:10 PM

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There are functions that are called when cooking

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Yeah, but you dont really need it for doing it a runtime

loud violet Oct 19, 2021, 2:10 PM

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Cool, that sounds like it could be exactly what I need then. Will check it out 🙂

woven escarp Oct 19, 2021, 2:19 PM

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mellow bane Make sure to check the packaging log folder for the final asset list

out of curiosity to what log were you referring to?

mellow bane Oct 19, 2021, 2:20 PM

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The packaging logs somewhere in app data have master lists of all assets included in packaging

woven escarp Oct 19, 2021, 2:21 PM

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Oh that one may be useful for my issue. Will try to find it out. Thanks!

mellow bane Oct 19, 2021, 2:22 PM

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It's in Roaming / unreal engine / automation IIRC ?

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Don't have the engine here

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But there's an uasset (content) and non uasset list

woven escarp Oct 19, 2021, 2:24 PM

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But Roaming where? Do you recall? Like inside of the Engine's directory?

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Im using a custom build

tight galleon Oct 19, 2021, 2:25 PM

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woven escarp hey <@!281359098157465601> I was able to open the AssetRegistry.bin (thanks to a...

How are you determining that they aren't getting cooked?

woven escarp Oct 19, 2021, 2:28 PM

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tight galleon How are you determining that they aren't getting cooked?

Hey Ari, because this (just test code)
StreamableManager.LoadSynchronous(AssetData.ToSoftObjectPath());
return nulls when packaged but it does work as normal in Standalone Game or PIE

mellow bane Oct 19, 2021, 2:28 PM

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woven escarp But Roaming where? Do you recall? Like inside of the Engine's directory?

Roaming under c/user/appdata

tight galleon Oct 19, 2021, 2:31 PM

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woven escarp Hey Ari, because this (just test code) ``` StreamableManager.LoadSynchronous(As...

If the asset registry says it got packaged then it should be there.
If you run UnrealPak.exe -list YourGame.pak it will show you a list of every asset in the pak file. Does it show up there?

woven escarp Oct 19, 2021, 2:32 PM

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mellow bane Roaming under c/user/appdata

Oh thanks. I see the logs there but I dont see any specific to the packaged

woven escarp Oct 19, 2021, 2:32 PM

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tight galleon If the asset registry says it got packaged then it should be there. If you run `...

Will run that, I saw it with the tencent tool that I mentioned (PakViewer)

tight galleon Oct 19, 2021, 2:33 PM

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woven escarp Will run that, I saw it with the tencent tool that I mentioned (PakViewer)

I have a suspicion that it's getting packaged just fine but how you're loading it is the thing with issues.

woven escarp Oct 19, 2021, 2:34 PM

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That's my thinking as well but how it would work in the other scenarios? That I cant explain

tight galleon Oct 19, 2021, 2:39 PM

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woven escarp That's my thinking as well but how it would work in the other scenarios? That I ...

What path do you get if you log out the content of that soft object path?

viscid ibex Oct 19, 2021, 3:45 PM

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viscid ibex Hey, I am trying to add ``OnlineSubSystemRedpointEOS free edition`` plugin to my...

does anyone have solution to this?

south jacinth Oct 19, 2021, 3:48 PM

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Hey guys. Tring to build my project from Launcher version using a command, but keep getting an error with some Includes.
It does work well from editor or if I build using git version and a command line.

What may be the reason of this error? Not sure what it means..

woven escarp Oct 19, 2021, 4:55 PM

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tight galleon What path do you get if you log out the content of that soft object path?

I think I can discard it to be a cooking issue at this point. Not sure if it may be a leak somewhere. I converted the code to work sync and through hard references and it just work in packages too. So it may be something else. So I can reduce the problem space. Thank you for your help Ari. Learnt a lot about the tooling around cooking thanks to this 🙂

woven escarp Oct 19, 2021, 4:55 PM

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viscid ibex does anyone have solution to this?

You may want to ask in RedpointGames's discord

winged moss Oct 19, 2021, 4:57 PM

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though it's free edition so no support

viscid ibex Oct 19, 2021, 5:00 PM

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woven escarp You may want to ask in RedpointGames's discord

I can not because they don't provide support for free version

winged moss Oct 19, 2021, 5:06 PM

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well the free edition doesn't include source, so you'll likely be pretty stuck without coughing up the cash for it

viscid ibex Oct 19, 2021, 5:12 PM

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winged moss well the free edition doesn't include source, so you'll likely be pretty stuck w...

it should still work I don't think they would release broken version

winged moss Oct 19, 2021, 5:17 PM

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well did you install it to project or engine? this likely matters when using the binary engine

white latch Oct 19, 2021, 5:21 PM

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I'm getting this error (multiple times):

UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (64-bit)):   LogInit: Display: LogPackageName: Error: DoesPackageExist: DoesPackageExist FAILED: '/BlockoutToolsPlugin/Blueprints/Blockout_Box' is not a standard unreal filename or a long path name. Reason: Path does not start with a valid root. Path must begin with: [long list of valid roots]

This is when the BlockoutTools plugin is either disabled or enabled.

I want to completely get rid of BlockoutToolsPlugin and everything that relies on it. How do I figure out what is using it? Presumably that information should be available to whatever is spitting out that error...

viscid ibex Oct 19, 2021, 5:23 PM

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winged moss well did you install it to project or engine? this likely matters when using the...

both

winged moss Oct 19, 2021, 5:23 PM

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well that makes no sense

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and when it's precompiled with a binary engine, you'll want to put it in the engine only

viscid ibex Oct 19, 2021, 5:24 PM

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winged moss and when it's precompiled with a binary engine, you'll want to put it in the eng...

okay I will try to remove it from project and see if it work

lament acorn Oct 19, 2021, 11:52 PM

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How would I rename the display name of my game? Ie I want to change it from ProjectName to Project Name. I don't particularly want to rename everything else in the project, just what's displayed in the title bar in windowed mode and when you highlight the icon on the task bar

dim breach Oct 20, 2021, 12:32 AM

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I have the same fatal crash in a UE5EA2 project, except no packaging errors

viscid ibex Oct 20, 2021, 8:25 AM

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winged moss and when it's precompiled with a binary engine, you'll want to put it in the eng...

I tried that and now it can not find the plugin. It's still visible on plugin list on Unreal and this happens only on compiling.

winged moss Oct 20, 2021, 2:19 PM

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Then it wasn’t installed to the engine

zenith summit Oct 20, 2021, 4:07 PM

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lament acorn How would I rename the display name of my game? Ie I want to change it from `Pro...

Project Settings > "Project - Description" > "Displayed" > "Project Displayed Title".

lament acorn Oct 20, 2021, 4:07 PM

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ah thanks!

random ridge Oct 21, 2021, 9:59 AM

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When I’m finding assets using ConstructorHelpers in C++, is there any way to tell it to put it into a specific chunk other than chunk 0? It seems despite having a PrimaryAssetLabel with priority 1, it still puts the assets into chunk 0.

viscid ibex Oct 21, 2021, 1:07 PM

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winged moss Then it wasn’t installed to the engine

I made it work but sadly it still gives same error while packaging

dark trench Oct 22, 2021, 5:34 PM

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When i try to package my Project I get this Error :

PackagingResults: Error: System.ArgumentException: Ein Element mit dem gleichen Schlüssel wurde bereits hinzugefügt. (English Translation: An Element with the same key has already been added)
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (64-bit)): AutomationTool exiting with ExitCode=1 (Error_Unknown)
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (64-bit)): BUILD FAILED
PackagingResults: Error: Unknown Error

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here is the whole Log :

📎 message.txt

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i came up that the problem is caused by the Imposter Baker Plugin by Ryan Brucks, ... alteast it worked out for me when i removed all plugin files from my project

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but i would like to use it ... and i have no idea how i can find out what the problem is since the Error is "Unknown"

marsh kayak Oct 22, 2021, 6:21 PM

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Hi,
I would like to set r.MobileHDR setting before cooking for PC and mobile project. I tried to set it in the Platform folder in platform config files but it didn't help. Can somebody help me to know how I can do it with Buildgraph or some other way?

proper nexus Oct 22, 2021, 7:15 PM

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https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/227793211530280960/901184875325980793/LinuxBuildFailed20211023.png

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I packaged game to Linux from Windows machine.

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Do I need to built Unreal Engine from source code ?

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https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/227793211530280960/901187878619590706/LinuxBuildToolThread20211023.png
I did follow the instruction in this thread.

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https://youtu.be/WKRi8bZCsFM

YouTube

Flopperam

How to Cross-Compile for Linux in Unreal Engine - Setting up the To...

Part 2: https://youtu.be/48P4fjLP1vU

In this tutorial, we go over the bare basics for cross compilation in Unreal Engine. This is very useful if you want to make games for the Linux platform when you are developing on a Windows computer. The bare minimum steps to achieve cross compilation include building Unreal Engine source, and setting up th...

▶ Play video

mellow bane Oct 23, 2021, 6:31 AM

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proper nexus I packaged game to Linux from Windows machine.

That's an ARM build you're doing - for non-Android Linux phones

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The instructions in the engine documentation work

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No engine sources, just the Linux module in engine download options, and Epic's Linux toolchain from that doc page

fervent flame Oct 23, 2021, 8:11 PM

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Is exporting to HTML outdated? I understand 4.23 is when support was removed, but is there a more updated method or format to export to web?

mellow bane Oct 23, 2021, 8:15 PM

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fervent flame Is exporting to HTML outdated? I understand 4.23 is when support was removed, bu...

Yes, HTML is gone

fervent flame Oct 23, 2021, 8:18 PM

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mellow bane Yes, HTML is gone

Thanks! Is there any working way to get a build onto a web browser using unreal?

mellow bane Oct 23, 2021, 8:20 PM

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Nope

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There's Pixel Streaming though, which allows a dedicated rendering server to stream rendering to one browser instance

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Bit of a different thing but it's the closest thing

fervent flame Oct 23, 2021, 8:21 PM

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Thank you, I'll take a look into that. Appreciate it.

stray current Oct 23, 2021, 11:53 PM

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When you load a map, you pass that options string to it. When you load another map with Absolute, you delete that string and reset it with the new Load.

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Not sure. Haven't tested that really. I've only ever used Absolute.

midnight anchor Oct 24, 2021, 2:43 AM

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Hi. What could probably be causing these problems when I am packaging a game? Actually it is a template that i have added a lot of stuff. I tried doing the base template with major mods and it works fine. But I just added a few stuff like weapon sway and weapon block. It seems to be causing a lot of packaging problems. Even adding assets such as animations. I tried finding the problem one by one but it has a different problem everytime I add something. Thank you

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midnight anchor Oct 24, 2021, 3:05 AM

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ow I think it is ok now. I removed the underscore characters on the title of the project

lament tusk Oct 24, 2021, 2:52 PM

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Hey, Does anyone who uses the asset horror engine know why my game is not packaging? I tried a bunch of stuff and i am just not sure...

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winged moss Oct 24, 2021, 10:48 PM

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How do you not know how to screenshot?

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And a lot of useful information isn’t shown

lament tusk Oct 25, 2021, 12:07 AM

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@winged moss 1. i do but i already had the pic on my phone, 2. error is resolved.

hot pebble Oct 25, 2021, 9:49 AM

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Hi Guys. When I try to start my game after packaging, I'm getting this error message, and the game closes down. The names doesn't look like something I use in my game. Does anyone have a clue what this mean? I tried fixing all redirectories, removing plugins, and varifying the engine, nothing works

drifting thunder Oct 25, 2021, 10:40 AM

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Any ideas why a shipping build (of our server) would still include debug symbols? (.sym)

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The filename SpacewalkServer-Linux-Shipping.sym seems paradoxical to me ...

mellow bane Oct 25, 2021, 10:46 AM

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Well you always always want to include symbols

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How else will you debug ?

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Just don't deploy them

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Keep them for yourself so that crashes can be made sense of

drifting thunder Oct 25, 2021, 10:59 AM

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But the binary wont execute without the .sym file?

mellow bane Oct 25, 2021, 11:00 AM

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Sure it will

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Same goes for shipping client builds, you always want to keep the PDB files for debugging crashes reported by clients, but you'd never ship them

drifting thunder Oct 25, 2021, 11:07 AM

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Aha. There was another issue preventing the server from starting and a warning about missing .sym file was the only output

winged moss Oct 25, 2021, 4:41 PM

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hot pebble Hi Guys. When I try to start my game after packaging, I'm getting this error mes...

you didn't cook content

hot pebble Oct 25, 2021, 6:41 PM

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winged moss you didn't cook content

I don’t know what that means…?

winged moss Oct 25, 2021, 6:42 PM

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when you package your game you need to cook content, if you just build the exe then it's not going to be able to read the editor's uncooked content

hot pebble Oct 25, 2021, 6:43 PM

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winged moss when you package your game you need to cook content, if you just build the exe t...

Ok, so how do I cook the content?

winged moss Oct 25, 2021, 6:43 PM

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https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.27/en-US/Basics/Projects/Packaging/

Packaging Projects

Packaging Unreal game projects for distribution.

mellow bane Oct 25, 2021, 6:43 PM

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File -> Package

hot pebble Oct 25, 2021, 6:44 PM

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Thanks, will look into that 🙂

hot pebble Oct 25, 2021, 6:55 PM

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mellow bane File -> Package

It’s just a little weird cause I have packaged the game hundreds of times before with no problems and no changes in package settings.. And all of a sudden it fails…

mellow bane Oct 25, 2021, 7:01 PM

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hot pebble It’s just a little weird cause I have packaged the game hundreds of times before...

How were you packaging before ?

hot pebble Oct 25, 2021, 7:08 PM

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mellow bane How were you packaging before ?

Package game / windows and then wait for it to finish.

mellow bane Oct 25, 2021, 7:11 PM

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Well, yeah, that's how you do it

chilly wind Oct 25, 2021, 8:19 PM

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for andriod need key.keystore ?

crude granite Oct 26, 2021, 5:39 PM

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Basic question about packaging.

My use case is that I want to be able to have users download temporary, data-only hierarchies of game objects (3D assets, materials, textures, animation, Blueprints). E.g., users download package, use it for an hour, and then unload it, possibly downloading a new package right after, and without having to reboot the application.

.pak files containing DLC plugins seem to be the closest thing. Is there anything I'm missing here? Does the DLC plugin need to contain a C++ plugin class? Can it just contain Blueprint? Also, is there an accepted best practice for making DLC content that is forward compatible with future releases of the game build, or for forward-converting versions of objects from older version to newer version through registered serialization converters?

New to UE, so not sure I'm using the right words for the above.

winged moss Oct 26, 2021, 5:54 PM

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no because plugins can be content only

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and the way to make it "forward compatible" is to never upgrade the engine

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cooked content is pretty volatile to that

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cooking content for a plugin is pretty much how modding works in every game that supports it

crude granite Oct 26, 2021, 5:55 PM

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never upgrade the engine, as in, the version of UE. but what about changes to custom classes in the built application?

winged moss Oct 26, 2021, 5:56 PM

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depends how extensive the changes are

crude granite Oct 26, 2021, 5:57 PM

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lets say Blueprint API changes, or changes to Blueprint Structs.

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if I wanted to provide a way to convert older content plugins to a newer version of the engine, is it possible (despite it being difficult)? what would that tooling look like?

winged moss Oct 26, 2021, 6:25 PM

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it's literally just easier to recook

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you'll want to provide a stable API though

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adding is always going to be less problematic than removing, that applies to struct fields and functions

crude granite Oct 26, 2021, 6:31 PM

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it sounds like Blueprints aren't special here. In C++ I imagine I could create a custom Serialize() method, and call child functions to take the data to the latest version (e.g., Serialize_v0_to_v1, Serialize_v0_to_v2, etc.)... But it seems like there isn't that level of control for BPs, and that I'm forced to just add new classes, functions, and properties, and never remove old implementations for DLC I will ever want to load.

grand socket Oct 27, 2021, 10:01 AM

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Hi, my project runs perfectly in editor but in the build (0 errors) it crashes randomly when loading maps so often. Any tip?

tranquil dagger Oct 27, 2021, 10:12 AM

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Going to keep googling, but does this specific error ring a bell for anyone?
Packaging a Quest 2 UE5 VR template scene to apk.

UATHelper: Packaging (Android): ERROR: Command E:\Epic Games\UE_5.0EA\Engine\Extras\Android\SetupAndroid.bat android-28 28.0.3 3.10.2.4988404 21.4.7075529 -noninteractive failed [Exit code 4, working dir = E:\Epic Games\UE_5.0EA\Engine\Extras\Android]
PackagingResults: Error: Command E:\Epic Games\UE_5.0EA\Engine\Extras\Android\SetupAndroid.bat android-28 28.0.3 3.10.2.4988404 21.4.7075529 -noninteractive failed [Exit code 4, working dir = E:\Epic Games\UE_5.0EA\Engine\Extras\Android]

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Pretty sure I've installed everything needed, have 28 SDK as awell as latest, and on SDK tools and NDK (side by side) I've downloaded everything with 21.4 and 28

tight galleon Oct 27, 2021, 1:22 PM

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grand socket Hi, my project runs perfectly in editor but in the build (0 errors) it crashes r...

Depends greatly on what it's crashing on exactly. Check the Saved/Crashes folder to see what's causing the crashes. You can check both the log and the crash files.

grand socket Oct 27, 2021, 1:25 PM

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@tight galleon Where is that folder?

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I looked for it in the build folders and the doc folders and couldn't find it

grand socket Oct 27, 2021, 1:44 PM

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tight galleon Depends greatly on what it's crashing on exactly. Check the `Saved/Crashes` fold...

there is only files from months ago :/

tranquil dagger Oct 27, 2021, 3:07 PM

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Hmm, got SDK up and running but now I'm running into the assembleDebug cmd line on rungradle.bat
Trying Quest 2 packaging UE5 virtual reality templace
Gradle is installed and running according to "gradle -version", not entirely sure where it's going wrong

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trying the same project in 4.27 to see if there's something with UE5...

tranquil dagger Oct 27, 2021, 4:08 PM

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Alright, giving up for the day. Searching around I've seen this bug happen to quite a few, in this channel as well. Seems like a lot of different types of answers on google that annoyingly helps a few and not others.
I think I need to start fresh. At this point I've also added and dropped so many different SDKs, NDKs and JDKs I'm not even sure which ones are working

zenith summit Oct 27, 2021, 6:10 PM

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grand socket Hi, my project runs perfectly in editor but in the build (0 errors) it crashes r...

https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/debug-a-packaged-game/144755

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Debug a packaged game

I have a prototype multiplayer C++ game in UE4.25.0. If I play the game in the editor. No problem. If I package for Win64 no error. Than if I start the packaged build. Nothing happens even with -log. How can I debug this? You can package as debug. But where do I find the debug info? So I am looking for tips how to debug when a packaged game ...

grand socket Oct 27, 2021, 6:11 PM

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zenith summit https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/debug-a-packaged-game/144755

very thx

winged moss Oct 27, 2021, 6:20 PM

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though if it's startup you'd want to use -waitfordebugger too

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would also help to see the stack trace if you have one

fallow shore Oct 27, 2021, 9:32 PM

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so I have an issue where I'm getting this error:

LogOutputDevice: Error: Ensure condition failed: ObservedKeyNames.Num() > 0 [File:D:/Build/++UE4+Licensee/Sync/Engine/Source/Runtime/AIModule/Private/BehaviorTree/Decorators/BTDecorator_BlueprintBase.cpp] [Line: 67]```

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I've found this thread mentioning some of the same (mine is happening when loading into editor from VS)

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and I might have found the issue at hand... however, I'm not given the option to change it

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this is unchangeable

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so... what can be done in this situation?

open rapids Oct 27, 2021, 11:11 PM

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i added Paragon Serath asset to the project and it get an error Assertion failed: LoadedWorld [File:C:/UnrealEngine-4.26/Engine/Source/Runtime/Engine/Private/LevelActor.cpp] [Line: 1381]

any idea what the problem could be? i searched on google , other had got same problem but no solution

open rapids Oct 28, 2021, 12:30 AM

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Im about to lose my mind, every time I compile for quest 2 this happens:
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class org.codehaus.groovy.vmplugin.v7.Java7
Ive tried 3 different ndks
3 different java jdks
unreal 4, unreal 5, reinstalling android studio 4 android studio 3.5
nothing works, ive tried compiling for days now with no luck
google and discord history do jack all for this issue, does anyone know anything about this?

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No clue what this is as well:

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Creating rungradle.bat to work around commandline length limit (using unused drive letter Z:)

open rapids Oct 28, 2021, 1:47 AM

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Ive tried 2 more reinstalls now and read through a few hundred threads on the unreal forum, I really hope someone has a solution for this.

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To honour the JVM settings for this build a new JVM will be forked. Please consider using the daemon: https://docs.gradle.org/6.1.1/userguide/gradle_daemon.html

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is there a gradle somewhere?

split sapphire Oct 28, 2021, 7:53 AM

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Hi everyone. I encountered a strange problem.

At the end of the packaging, it stucks at "Waiting for child process to complete" and it's going forever.

I've done everything that I found on Google like deleting Saved, Binaries, Intermediate folders

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Any solution??

mellow bane Oct 28, 2021, 7:53 AM

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Did you try simply wait ? What's the packaging log like ?

split sapphire Oct 28, 2021, 7:55 AM

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mellow bane Did you try simply wait ? What's the packaging log like ?

Yeah, like 12 hours and giving the same log over and over

tranquil dagger Oct 28, 2021, 8:24 AM

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@open rapids I have the exact same issue, and been trying to find the issue. Unfortunetely I haven't yet (currently trying install and activate different versions of gradle, but doesn't seem to change anything)

mellow bane Oct 28, 2021, 8:28 AM

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As far as Android stuff goes, make sure to use the exact version of software the release notes recommend

tranquil dagger Oct 28, 2021, 8:31 AM

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Going to go back and check all that with a fine comb, I've been adding and removing a bunch of stuff I have a hard time keeping track of what is actually running 😅

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Is it, probbaly, safe to assume UE5 uses same requirements as 4.27?

mellow bane Oct 28, 2021, 8:33 AM

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No, it is not

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Read the release notes

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For UE5 sources, you're on your own entirely but I would expect it to not work at all for mobile anyway

tranquil dagger Oct 28, 2021, 8:35 AM

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Absolutely, we're currently using it mainly for Nanite as our company does some photogrammetry on large scale objects and I'm on my own time just investigating future avenues.

open rapids Oct 28, 2021, 9:52 AM

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I used the exact sdk and android studio yet still had the issue.

mellow bane Oct 28, 2021, 9:52 AM

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What's the full packaging log ?

open rapids Oct 28, 2021, 10:42 AM

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I'll check that in a bit and send it from the hate.bin website, teaching right now. Could it be related to 4.26?Thanks for wanting to check at least, really appricate it.

open rapids Oct 28, 2021, 3:16 PM

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@mellow bane

📎 ProjectLauncher.log

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I reset everything, reinstalled everything and have a new error now (The one posted above)

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still related to gradle

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trying jdk version 1.8 now as per reccomended in forum posts Ive found

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tried clearing gradle cache, anything that has the word gradle in it on the ssd

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tried java 18 and 17

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same error.

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Do I have to change the gradle setting maybe? Im completely lost.

pure ice Oct 28, 2021, 4:39 PM

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Does someone know what I need to do to NOT have to compile and packer shaders with a server package?

winged moss Oct 28, 2021, 8:37 PM

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doesn't it do that by default?

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you usually do a separate cook for game servers

mellow bane Oct 29, 2021, 7:01 AM

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open rapids <@!223305281700888576>

Check in your PATH for another gradle or jdk that would be incompatible

open rapids Oct 29, 2021, 1:34 PM

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@mellow bane

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I dont think anything in my path would be strange here, but Im not sure. Ive rebooted since changes have occurred many times, so Im sure the PATH is also updated.

open rapids Oct 29, 2021, 2:26 PM

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I reinstalled some things again, still no luck, 4 days on this issue 12+ hours at this task later and its not working, same gradle error for now

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even tried dming some people that had this issue, and tried to find someone that you can pay to fix this, cant find anyone who will do this no luck.

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I think it comes down to gradle being the issue, I just cant find out how to change the gradle thats retrieved, if thats even the error

worn plaza Oct 29, 2021, 2:29 PM

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hi can i package ue4 game to android without ue 4?

open rapids Oct 29, 2021, 2:36 PM

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I've tried changing Gradle version inside gradle-wrapper.properties, but it reverts every time i build my project. Is there a way to make the auto generated z:/ drive gradle not be the wrong one but instead, one that is newer?

late knot Oct 29, 2021, 2:51 PM

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Does anyone know what this means? (This is my first time packaging a game)

mellow bane Oct 29, 2021, 3:27 PM

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late knot Does anyone know what this means? (This is my first time packaging a game)

Something wrong with your crypto keys setup

late knot Oct 29, 2021, 3:27 PM

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Actually I just managed to fix it, thanks

open rapids Oct 29, 2021, 5:02 PM

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Managed to fix it.

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Thanks for attending to so many messages @mellow bane Appreciate the attempt to help. I uninstalled Unreal, purged all Android SDK folders, all .grade cache folders and followed a different tutorial, after 6-12 hours of clicks it works.

mellow bane Oct 29, 2021, 5:03 PM

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Sorry it was so bad !

open rapids Oct 29, 2021, 5:09 PM

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Yeah it totally launches now, feels so good.

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Most relaxed Ive felt all day lol

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Ive learned that JDK and or android and or gradle can be problematic, that is all lol, hopefully I can help the guy above that had a similar issue,

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For anyone searching discord history for the problem, watch this video

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR2t_PMQbn4

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How To Setup Unreal Engine 4.27 for Oculus Quest 2 Virtual Reality VR

In this video I will show you how to setup Unreal Engine with the Android Studio to build and deploy all your sweet developed games directly on your Quest 2. I was not able to find a nice Tutorial how to do that with UE 4.27 and I wanted to use the production ready openXR plugins soo. Enjoy watchin!

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fallow shore Oct 29, 2021, 7:31 PM

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Error: Ensure condition failed: ObservedKeyNames.Num() > 0 [File:D:/Build/++UE4/Sync/Engine/Source/Runtime/AIModule/Private/BehaviorTree/Decorators/BTDecorator_BlueprintBase.cpp] [Line: 67]```
getting this issue when packaging for shipping. I have no clue how to resolve this as blackboardkeys always have the same default value of "none"

pure ice Oct 30, 2021, 9:37 AM

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winged moss doesn't it do that by default?

Hm apparently not, I do a separate cook with this cmd line:

$UNREAL_ENGINE_ROOT/Engine/Build/BatchFiles/RunUAT.bat BuildCookRun -nocompileeditor -noP4 -project="$PROJECT_ROOT/$PROJECT_NAME.uproject" -cook -stage -archive -archivedirectory="$PROJECT_ROOT/Build/LinuxServer/LinuxServer" -package -serverconfig=Development -pak -prereqs -targetplatform=Linux -build -server -utf8output -noclient -CrashReporter

winged moss Oct 30, 2021, 7:41 PM

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how did you verify shaders were being cooked for dedicated?

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pak file contents?

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because for us, it's definitely different in terms of file size. server is 6GB (both windows and linux) and client is 42GB

pure ice Oct 30, 2021, 8:49 PM

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Well, the logs said it's compiling shaders, the package is smaller, yes but why is it compiling them if they are not needed ^^

mellow bane Oct 30, 2021, 9:10 PM

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Show your .uproject and .build.cs

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"DeveloperSettings" ?

vital creek Oct 30, 2021, 9:21 PM

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despite the name that's a runtime module

mellow bane Oct 30, 2021, 9:21 PM

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Nah

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Yeah, just confirmed that

vital creek Oct 30, 2021, 9:21 PM

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I've definitely thought the same before... but you wouldn't be able to access settings set in the editor at runtime without it 😛

mellow bane Oct 30, 2021, 9:24 PM

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As far as I can tell those are fine, check the secondary game modules like Modding etc

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I would also triple check those UnrealEd deps that supposedly are editor only

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Like try removing them

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No from your files

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build.cs:36

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Failing that well, time to debug UAT I guess ? Not seeing anything obvious

vital creek Oct 30, 2021, 9:26 PM

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wait do you have a single target instead of a separate editor target?

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what's with the bBuildEditor in the normal target then. I don't think that'd cause issues, but it seems odd to me.

mellow bane Oct 30, 2021, 9:27 PM

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^

vital creek Oct 30, 2021, 9:27 PM

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might as well rule it out

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That should be fine

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you could try just to see if it works though

mellow bane Oct 30, 2021, 9:30 PM

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Fairly sure all of them are

vital creek Oct 30, 2021, 9:30 PM

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WindowsTargetPlatform?

winged moss Oct 30, 2021, 9:30 PM

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though what's WindowsTargetPlatform doing in there

vital creek Oct 30, 2021, 9:30 PM

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glad I wasn't the only one to find that odd

mellow bane Oct 30, 2021, 9:30 PM

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Dunno what that one does

winged moss Oct 30, 2021, 9:31 PM

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you shouldn't need it ever

mellow bane Oct 30, 2021, 9:31 PM

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Engine/Source/Developer/Windows/WindowsTargetPlatform

winged moss Oct 30, 2021, 9:31 PM

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I'm guessing this is a game that's only literally going to be on one platform I guess, and that's Windows and Steam

mellow bane Oct 30, 2021, 9:31 PM

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vital creek Oct 30, 2021, 9:32 PM

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I'm guessing that module adds target platform stuff to the editor or something

winged moss Oct 30, 2021, 9:32 PM

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yes it does, all platforms have a module like it

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how is that even related to that

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well I just accidentally clicked your TD's linkedin page while logged in lol

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Sunny, the TD, I thought it would link to a twitter

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the annoying thing is when you view someone's linkedin while logged in, it has a chance it'll tell them who viewed it with a notification

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and yeah, it's almost always better just to have an Editor.Target.cs for defining the editor-specific modules

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we have 4 but will probably get rid of the Client one eventually

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bIsEngineInstalled is a bit of red flag too, since I imagine there's some hybrid binary build and custom source build going on

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you either do it or you don't most of the time

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that's why you use UGS dammit

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I'm not angry, but I'd probably get frustrated with builds setup similarly if I was doing some contract work

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yeah, as long as your TD doesn't have too much of an ego

tall comet Oct 31, 2021, 2:25 AM

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hey thx

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It's probable

winged moss Oct 31, 2021, 2:26 AM

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it's not that hard to find

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nope, dragonhell is forever shrouded in mystery

tall comet Oct 31, 2021, 2:28 AM

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winged moss the annoying thing is when you view someone's linkedin while logged in, it has a...

👀

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Yea so fyi actually since I was going to ask about this and it's related to topic up there ^^, WindowsTargetPlatform wasn't for day night cycle, I actually have no idea why that referenced that, It was so that I could change RHI in GameUserSettings, likely a janky ass way to do that

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// Set New DefaultRHI (Rendering Mode)
UWindowsTargetSettings* WinTargetSettings = GetMutableDefault<UWindowsTargetSettings>();
WinTargetSettings->DefaultGraphicsRHI = GFXSettings.RenderingMode;
WinTargetSettings->SaveConfig();

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Couldn't find any info at all about it or alternatives other than actually booting with an arg

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I was doing a few funky things it seems but that was the intent ^^

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ah doh :p

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Looking at that code, I have no idea why i'm even accessing WinTargetSettings, i'm just saving a config, can probs just access the same config via GConfig or something lolz

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bad

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O ye - copy paste go brr

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Anybody know if there's an arg for RunUAT.Bat to set the staging directory? I see that you can set it in project settings but am wondering if there's a way to do it when running the command?

vital creek Oct 31, 2021, 2:39 AM

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for buildcookrun you can use -stagingdirectory="some/path"

tall comet Oct 31, 2021, 2:40 AM

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o neat, I probs should have tried that before I asked 😂 kind of is in the name

winged moss Oct 31, 2021, 2:40 AM

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also the nuclear option for overriding ini settings with UAT is the -ini command line param

tall comet Oct 31, 2021, 2:44 AM

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tysm for the help guys <3

zenith summit Oct 31, 2021, 1:28 PM

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Anyone have an idea why I might be getting the following error during packaging?
https://pastebin.com/ZFgtZZxq
I copied the project, which uses the 4.27.1 binary Engine (with no packaging problems), into the same folder as \Engine and GenerateProjectFiles.bat, ran the latter, built a Debug Editor build, then tried to package a Debug build.

winged moss Oct 31, 2021, 7:26 PM

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it's using debug commandlet as well? did you try cooking with development editor?

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unless your project has really weird issues going on with GC but that would show up in a binary build too

zenith summit Oct 31, 2021, 7:29 PM

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I didn't try cooking with Development Editor using the source build; with the binary engine I usually package DebugGame. For a few days now we have had a particular map, with the same GameMode settings as the other maps, loading the Controller but not the Character, which is what I'm trying to debug.

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Thing is, I got this error even when I tried packaging a revision from before the problem appeared. Right now I'm downloading the engine source anew in case I somehow messed up updating it from 4.27 to 4.27.1 (don't see how but heck).

winged moss Oct 31, 2021, 7:33 PM

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well it's running UE4Editor-Win64-Debug-Cmd.exe for the cook process

zenith summit Oct 31, 2021, 7:35 PM

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So I should first cook with Development Editor and only then try to package a Debug build?

winged moss Oct 31, 2021, 7:35 PM

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well if you build Development Editor, it should have UE4Editor-Win64-Cmd.exe

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which is what the binary engine would run

zenith summit Oct 31, 2021, 7:38 PM

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Hm, okay. I'll try building Development Editor and packaging with that. Thanks for the pointer.

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Wish I hadn't deleted the repo now, ha.

odd marsh Oct 31, 2021, 9:11 PM

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Hello, when i package my build im getting an error when spawning an actor with a trigger, but it doesn't happen in the editor, maybe someone know why is that?, thanks

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Assertion failed: BlendSpace != nullptr [File:D:/build/++UE5/Sync/Engine/Source/Runtime/AnimGraphRuntime/Private/AnimNodes/AnimNode_BlendSpaceGraphBase.cpp] [Line: 13]
This is the error i get, the game closes after it

odd marsh Oct 31, 2021, 9:38 PM

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I finally solved it, i changed a blendspace for a blendspace player in the animation blueprint

coarse fiber Nov 1, 2021, 6:25 AM

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So when I package my game, it always crashes when it starts and all I'm left with is a bunch of unknown errors. Does anybody know what could be causing this? The logs don't give me any useful info. I get no crashes when I play in the editor.

winged moss Nov 1, 2021, 7:30 AM

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coarse fiber So when I package my game, it always crashes when it starts and all I'm left wit...

Would help to have symbols

zenith summit Nov 1, 2021, 1:45 PM

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@winged moss Thank you so much, was able to cook successfully by doing it from a Development Editor build and debug the problem.

coarse fiber Nov 1, 2021, 3:06 PM

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winged moss Would help to have symbols

thanks

indigo plume Nov 1, 2021, 4:05 PM

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no soultion yet
was ignored as it is lower priority than the previous 'SetByDeviceProfile'. Value remains '2'
https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/427815/view.html?sort=oldest

dusky fossil Nov 1, 2021, 8:05 PM

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I'm still struggling on how to read in custom parameters that are set when running the Unreal Build Tool and then pass them on to become #defines that I can use in C++ to strip out certain parts of the code. Can anyone give some examples?

winged moss Nov 1, 2021, 8:06 PM

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I gave you the example in #cpp earlier

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you pass the parameters to BuildCookRun

dusky fossil Nov 1, 2021, 8:08 PM

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@winged moss oh I see that now
Sorry this is a really basic question but where does that code go? I've never really customized MyProj.Target.cs before

[CommandLine("-BetaBuild")]
protected bool IsBetaBuild = false;

winged moss Nov 1, 2021, 8:11 PM

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it's a C# property